Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
SOCRATESBe slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
More Socrates Quotes
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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To be is to do.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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