The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
SOCRATESLiving well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
More Socrates Quotes
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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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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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Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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