Let him who would move the world first move himself.
SOCRATESIf all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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