Now 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.
SOCRATESThe beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
More Socrates Quotes
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to 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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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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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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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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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.
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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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