The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
SOCRATESWe can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
More Socrates Quotes
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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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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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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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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