It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
SOCRATESTo find yourself, think for yourself.
More Socrates Quotes
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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