When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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More Socrates Quotes
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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