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.
SOCRATESI don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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