The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESThe only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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