Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Quote by Socrates

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An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

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

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

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

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...

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.