The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESEverything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
More Socrates Quotes
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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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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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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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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 kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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