True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
SOCRATESTo be is to do.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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