I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SOCRATESOne should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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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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