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.
SOCRATESTo be is to do.
More Socrates Quotes
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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 greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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