Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Quote by Socrates

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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average...

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

'You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,' said Aslan. 'And that is...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...