The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
SOCRATESThe highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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 secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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