My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
SOCRATESTrue wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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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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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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