Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
SOCRATESGive me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
More Socrates Quotes
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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