One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
SOCRATESWhen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
More Socrates Quotes
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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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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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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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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