Wisdom begins in wonder.
SOCRATESOne 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.
More Socrates Quotes
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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If 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.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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To be is to do.
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