I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
SOCRATESWisdom begins in wonder.
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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 find yourself, think for yourself.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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