Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
SOCRATESTo express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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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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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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