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Socrates Quote - Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

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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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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Dead Deep Desire Hate Inspirational One Liner
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Improvement Inspirational Labor Men Time Writing Yourself
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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Decide Deliver Enable Inspirational Instinct Poet Poetry Wisdom
Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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Blessing Goodness Individual State Wealth
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Education Flame Kindness Learning Vessel
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Artificial Contentment Deep Luxury Natural Poverty Wealth
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Agriculture Ignorant Man Problem Wheat
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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Believe God Religion
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Knowledge Philosophy Teaching Thinking
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Average Discuss Ideas Judgement Mind People Strong
To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Change Inspirational One Liner Ourself
An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Consider Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
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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Fools Kindness People Philosophy Wise
The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honor Myself Pretend World

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