Through your rags I see your vanity.
SOCRATESEducation is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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God 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.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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To be is to do.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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