The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
SOCRATESThe misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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