Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
SOCRATESThe answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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