To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
SOCRATESHe is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
More Socrates Quotes
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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