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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More Socrates Quotes
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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