The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATESHe who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
More Socrates Quotes
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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