Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
SOCRATESEducation is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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To be is to do.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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