To find yourself, think for yourself.
SOCRATESThrough your rags I see your vanity.
More Socrates Quotes
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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To be is to do.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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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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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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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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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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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