Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
SOCRATESThe greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
More Socrates Quotes
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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 the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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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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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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