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Plato, who was never seen laughing, and had given himself the model of avoiding the evils and unpleasant situations of society, was asked two questions :
“What are the behaviors of people that surprise you the most?”
Plato enumerated them in order: “They get bored in childhood and hurry to grow up, but then they miss their childhood. They lose their health to earn money, but they pay money to regain their health. Worried about tomorrow, they forget about today. In the end, they live neither today nor tomorrow, they live as if they will never die, but they die as if they had never lived.”
Then came the second question. “So what do you suggest?”
The sage enumerated again: “Don’t try to make anyone like you, the only thing to do is to leave yourself to be loved. And the most important thing to achieve happiness in life, is not to have the most, but to need the least.
“What are the behaviors of people that surprise you the most?”
Plato enumerated them in order: “They get bored in childhood and hurry to grow up, but then they miss their childhood. They lose their health to earn money, but they pay money to regain their health. Worried about tomorrow, they forget about today. In the end, they live neither today nor tomorrow, they live as if they will never die, but they die as if they had never lived.”
Then came the second question. “So what do you suggest?”
The sage enumerated again: “Don’t try to make anyone like you, the only thing to do is to leave yourself to be loved. And the most important thing to achieve happiness in life, is not to have the most, but to need the least.