One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
SOCRATESAll men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
More Socrates Quotes
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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