Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
SOCRATESAs to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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To be is to do.
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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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