To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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