I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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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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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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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 that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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