When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
SOCRATESAn unconsidered life is not one worth living.
More Socrates Quotes
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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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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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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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Be as you wish to seem.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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