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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

Socrates

My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Hate Hatred Proof Simplicity Speak Speech Truth
The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Advantage Attitude Be Yourself Myself Self Love
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.
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Forever Greedy Human Nature Suffering
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner
Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Beautiful Man Peace Soul
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Content Minimalism Nature Rich Wealth
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Dead Deep Desire Hate Inspirational One Liner
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Blessing Divine Gift Greatness Inspirational Madness Man Truth
There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Evil Greatness Hate Reason Suffering
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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Believe God Religion
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Enjoyment Life Live Principle
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Average Discuss Ideas Judgement Mind People Strong
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Deep Eat Funny Live One Liner
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Education Flame Kindness Learning Vessel
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Intelligence Knowledge Wisdom
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom

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