The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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