I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
SOCRATESThere is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
More Socrates Quotes
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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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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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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