An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
SOCRATESEnvy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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 hottest love has the coldest end.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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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 great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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