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.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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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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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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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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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