There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
SOCRATESNow 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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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