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.
SOCRATESSometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
More Socrates Quotes
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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