It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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