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.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
More Socrates Quotes
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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