Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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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To be is to do.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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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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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.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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