The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATESNobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
More Socrates Quotes
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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.
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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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