In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
SOCRATESNo man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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 unexamined life is not worth living.
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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 secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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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 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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