Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
SOCRATESWhen you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
More Socrates Quotes
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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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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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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