Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
SOCRATESContentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
More Socrates Quotes
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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 true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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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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