Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
SOCRATESThe great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
More Socrates Quotes
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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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 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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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