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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.

Socrates

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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Life Ourself Realize Understand Wisdom World
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Achievement Desire Dreamss Heart Life Tragedy
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Break Care Leaving Loyal People Walk
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
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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Avoid Death Difficult Ignorance Run Wicked
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Except FAction Ignorance Learning One Liner
If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Forever Greedy Human Nature Suffering
To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Finding Freedom Healing Self Love Yourself
Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Knowledge Wealth
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Adversity Depression Human Prosperity Remember Stable
The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Alone Champion Himself Intend Justice Leaving Life Necesaary Politics Survive True
The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Advantage Attitude Be Yourself Myself Self Love
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Beware Busy Life One Liner
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Envy One Liner Soul
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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Goodness Inspirational Saddle Struggle Tame

If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.

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