Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SOCRATESBy all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
More Socrates Quotes
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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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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