The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
SOCRATESLiving well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
More Socrates Quotes
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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 great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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To be is to do.
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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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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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