The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATESHe 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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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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.
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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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