Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
SOCRATESNo one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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