The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
SOCRATESHe is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
More Socrates Quotes
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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