Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
SOCRATESSometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
More Socrates Quotes
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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