As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SOCRATESIs it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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