In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SOCRATESThou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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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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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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