The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SOCRATESI know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
More Socrates Quotes
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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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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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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