The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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Be as you wish to seem.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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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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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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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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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