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.
SOCRATESOne 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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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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