Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
SOCRATESBy far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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