Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
SOCRATESIf 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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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To be is to do.
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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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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.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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