The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
SOCRATESI do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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 only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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