The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESI know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
More Socrates Quotes
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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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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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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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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