Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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About Socrates

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Socrates (; Ancient Greek: Σωκράτης, romanized: Sōkrátēs; c. 470 – 399 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher from Classical Athens, perhaps the first Western moral philosopher, and a major inspiration on his student Plato, who largely founded the tradition of Western philosophy. An enigmatic figure, Socrates authored no texts and...

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I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

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No one goes there nowadays, it's too crowded.

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People find life entirely too time-consuming.

—Stanislaw J. Lec

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When you're young, you always think you'll meet all sorts of wonderful people, that drifting apart and losing friends is natural. You don't worry, at first, about the friends you leave behind. But as you get older, it gets harder to build friendships. Too many defenses, too little opportunity. You get busy. And by the time you realize that you've lost the dearest best friend you've ever had, years have gone by and you're mature enough to be embarrassed by your attitude and, frankly, by your arrogance.

—Kate Jacobs in The Friday Night Knitting Club

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Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

—Henry David Thoreau

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Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

—Grandma Moses

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