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.
SOCRATESTo fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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