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.
SOCRATESIs it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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