Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
SOCRATESAn unconsidered life is not one worth living.
More Socrates Quotes
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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