No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
SOCRATESTo find yourself, think for yourself.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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To be is to do.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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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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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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