Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATESEducation is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
More Socrates Quotes
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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