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.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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No 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.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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