Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
SOCRATESThe only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
More Socrates Quotes
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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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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