The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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