The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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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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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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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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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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