Through your rags I see your vanity.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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