A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
SOCRATESTo find yourself, think for yourself.
More Socrates Quotes
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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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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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 great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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