Wisdom begins in wonder.
SOCRATESThe misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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