Understanding a question is half an answer.
SOCRATESAs to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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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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To be is to do.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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