Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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