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“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
― Socrates

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
― Socrates

“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.”
― Socrates

“Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.”
― Socrates

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
― Socrates

“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. 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.”
― Socrates

“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
― Socrates

“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.”
― Socrates

“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”
― Socrates

“Let him who would move the world first move himself.”
― Socrates

“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.”
― Socrates, Essential Thinkers - Socrates

“Every action has its pleasures and its price.”
― Socrates

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”
― Socrates

“understanding a question is half an answer”
― Socrates, Essential Thinkers - Socrates

“The hottest love has the coldest end.”
― Socrates

“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.”
― Socrates

“If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.”
― Socrates

“One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.”
― Socrates

“The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves. ”
― Socrates

“Those who are hardest to love need it the most.”
― Socrates

“Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?”
― Socrates, Essential Thinkers - Socrates