The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
SOCRATESEmploy your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
More Socrates Quotes
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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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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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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