Understanding a question is half an answer.
SOCRATESWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
More Socrates Quotes
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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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 misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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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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