As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESContentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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