Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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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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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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