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.
SOCRATESEnvy is the ulcer of the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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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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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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