Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
SOCRATESTo express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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