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Old 05-01-2016, 02:56 PM   #1
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Socrates was one wise ancient

Just came across this quotation from Socrates (somehow I missed it all these years previously).

"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."

Amazing that he got it even then!

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I like this one of his:

"An honest man is always a child."

So there!
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Socrates was very good at avoiding work. A professional question asker, the Socratic method.
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Lol

He who is not content with what he has would not be content with what he wants to have.

Or something like that.
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Socrates was very good at avoiding work. A professional question asker, the Socratic method.

He even managed to get Plato to do all his writing for him 😀


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