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.
SOCRATESThrough your rags I see your vanity.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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