Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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To be is to do.
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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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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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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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