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.
SOCRATESIn all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
More Socrates Quotes
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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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 come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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