The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
SOCRATESContentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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