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.
SOCRATESTo express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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