He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
SOCRATESAn unconsidered life is not one worth living.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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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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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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