Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
SOCRATESAll men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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