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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Socrates

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Knowledge One Liner True Wisdom
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Condition Depression Fortune Hard Time Human Joy Misfortune Permanent Remember Sorrow
It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Persist
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Content Minimalism Nature Rich Wealth
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Forever Greedy Human Nature Suffering
I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Believe God Religion
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Evil Good Ignorance Knowledge
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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Beauty Body Careless Develop Disgrace Fitness Inspirational Limit Manner Strength
Be as you wish to seem.
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Attitude Be Yourself One Liner Self Love
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Authority Bad Children Contempt Disrespect Exercise Love Luxury Manner Place
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Contentment Greedy Satisfaction
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Death Fear Gentlemen Oneself Thinking Wise
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

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