An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
SOCRATESDo not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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