By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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 great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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