The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SOCRATESHe is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
More Socrates Quotes
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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I 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.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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