The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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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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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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Are 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?
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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 secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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