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.
SOCRATESThe highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
More Socrates Quotes
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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