Every action has its pleasures and its price.
SOCRATESIt is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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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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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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A 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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