By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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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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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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