Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
SOCRATESThrough your rags I see your vanity.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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 secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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