From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
SOCRATESTrue wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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To be is to do.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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