By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
SOCRATESThe 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.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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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 misuse of language induces evil in the 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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