I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
SOCRATESBy far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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