The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SocratesIf measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.
SocratesRemember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
SocratesIt is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
SocratesThe soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.
SocratesNothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves, no matter what you do, even if you don't think so at present. But if you neglect yourselves and are unwilling to live, as though following tracks, in accordance with what we now say and have said in the past too, then no matter how much or how seriously you agree with me at present you will accomplish next to nothing.
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