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.
SOCRATESOne who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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To be is to do.
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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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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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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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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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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