To be is to do.
SOCRATESTo be is to do.
SOCRATESMankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
SOCRATESIt 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.
SOCRATESEnvy is the ulcer of the soul.
SOCRATESThe secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATESLife contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
SOCRATESYour 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.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
SOCRATESTo fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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?
SOCRATESBe kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
SOCRATESThe unexamined life is not worth living.
SOCRATESDeath may be the greatest of all human blessings.
SOCRATESI don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
SOCRATESThe beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESI 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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