Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
SOCRATESWonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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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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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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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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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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 easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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