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.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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