Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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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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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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