The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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It 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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