The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESTo express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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