Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
SOCRATESNobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
SOCRATESWhen you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
SOCRATESAre you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
SOCRATESThe beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESI cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
SOCRATESTo be is to do.
SOCRATESThe only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
SOCRATESIs it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
SOCRATESThe highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
SOCRATESThe 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.
SOCRATESThe greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SOCRATESThe secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATESPrefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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