"The hottest love has the coldest end."

Socrates on love
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"By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher."

Socrates on marriage
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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."

Socrates on wisdom
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"The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms."

Socrates on wisdom
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"Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune."

Socrates on change
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"To find yourself, think for yourself."

Socrates on thoughts and thinking
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"I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think."

Socrates on teacher
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"A multitude of books distracts the mind."

Socrates on books - reading   

"Beauty is a short-lived tyranny."

Socrates on beauty   

"Know thyself."

Socrates on knowledge
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"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

Socrates on riches
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"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."

Socrates on riches
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"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."

Socrates on politics
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"Adventure is not outside man; it is within."

Grayson, David on adventure
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