The hottest love has the coldest end.
SOCRATESI 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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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