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.
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.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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