Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
SOCRATESThere is no solution; seek it lovingly.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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 you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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