To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
More Socrates Quotes
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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