Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
SOCRATESOne should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
More Socrates Quotes
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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