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.
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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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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To be is to do.
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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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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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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 unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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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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