Be as you wish to seem.
SOCRATESNo man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
More Socrates Quotes
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Envy is the ulcer of 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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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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