Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
SOCRATESI know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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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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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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