Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
SOCRATESA 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.
More Socrates Quotes
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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 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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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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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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