My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
SOCRATESUnderstanding a question is half an answer.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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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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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 hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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