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Socrates Quote - Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

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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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Goodness Inspirational Life One Liner Value
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Knowledge One Liner True Wisdom
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Evil Good Ignorance Knowledge
Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Agriculture Ignorant Man Problem Wheat
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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Honesty Necessary True Truth
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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Beginning One Liner Positive Wisdom
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Change Inspirational One Liner Ourself
I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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Die Except God Hour
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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Comfortable Enjoyment Life Peace
An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Consider Inspirational Life Live One Liner Worth
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Change Opinion Persist
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Bad Breathe Insight Wisdom
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Beware Busy Life One Liner
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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Answer Average Experience Individual Intelligence People Stupidity

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