It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
SOCRATESWe cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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