By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
SOCRATESThe answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
More Socrates Quotes
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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