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.
SOCRATESTo find yourself, think for yourself.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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The 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.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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To be is to do.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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