Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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More Socrates Quotes
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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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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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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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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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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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