There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
SOCRATESThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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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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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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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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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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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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