Wisdom begins in wonder.
SOCRATESThou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
More Socrates Quotes
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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