Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
SOCRATESMy plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
More Socrates Quotes
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To be is to do.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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