Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
SOCRATESI don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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 highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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