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.
SOCRATESTo move the world we must move ourselves.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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