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Socrates Quote - Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?

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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.
SOCRATES

Account Evil Himself Injured Injustice Journey Man Return Suffering
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Evil Include Language Misuse One Liner Soul
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Beast Dreamss Goodness Law Men Nature Sleep Wild
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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Hate Hatred Proof Simplicity Speak Speech Truth
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Debate Failure Loser Lost Slander
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Improvement Inspirational Labor Men Time Writing Yourself
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Evil Good Ignorance Knowledge
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Average Discuss Ideas Judgement Mind People Strong
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Death Excellence Goodness Individual Men Wealth
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Education Flame Kindness Learning Vessel
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Beware Busy Life One Liner
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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Alter Change Death Freedom Law Life Mind Obligation Pain Pretend Reality Trouble
Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Deep Healing Love Need One Liner
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Be Yourself Greatness Honour Live Pretend
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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Artificial Contentment Deep Luxury Natural Poverty Wealth
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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Contentment Depart Equality Misfortune

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