Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SOCRATESEducation is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
More Socrates Quotes
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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