The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
SOCRATESWhen the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
More Socrates Quotes
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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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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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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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 easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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