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.
SOCRATESThrough your rags I see your vanity.
More Socrates Quotes
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To be is to do.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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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.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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