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Socrates Quote - The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.

The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.

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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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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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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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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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