To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
SOCRATESIf you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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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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