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.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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