Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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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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