Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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 easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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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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