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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.

Socrates

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Ashamed Care Fame Improvement Money Prestige Soul Truth Wisdom
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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Beauty Body Careless Develop Disgrace Fitness Inspirational Limit Manner Strength
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Believe Excellence Human Intelligence Oneself
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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Alone Beast God Healing Himself Self Love Society Sufficient
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Equality Man Superior Woman Women Empowerment
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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Enjoyment Life Live Principle
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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Conception Emotional Illusion Moral Relative Sound System True Value Vulgar
To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Change Inspirational One Liner Ourself
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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Beautiful Divine Doubt God Human Indicate Man Poem Poet Work
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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Believe God Religion
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Goodness Inspirational Saddle Struggle Tame
One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Forgiveness Insult Man Respect Return Treat Wrong

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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