The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESIs it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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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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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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To be is to do.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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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.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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