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.
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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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