Let him who would move the world first move himself.
SOCRATESBe slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
More Socrates Quotes
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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 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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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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