Socrates on greatness
“The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.”
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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.
SocratesSocrates To be is to do.
SocratesSocrates Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
SocratesSocrates By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
SocratesSocrates My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
SocratesSocrates To find yourself, think for yourself.
SocratesSocrates Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
SocratesSocrates One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SocratesSocrates 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.
SocratesSocrates I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
SocratesSocrates Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
SocratesSocrates 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.
SocratesSocrates 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.
SocratesSocrates An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
SocratesSocrates We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
SocratesSocrates Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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