I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
SOCRATESI know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
More Socrates Quotes
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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 only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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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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