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.
SOCRATESWonder is the beginning of wisdom.
More Socrates Quotes
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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 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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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