Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
SOCRATESThere is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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 hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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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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