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.
SOCRATESIf you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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