Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be as you wish to seem.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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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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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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