As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESThe really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
More Socrates Quotes
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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