If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
SOCRATESEnvy is the ulcer of the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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 misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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