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.
SOCRATESGod would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
More Socrates Quotes
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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