True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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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Be as you wish to seem.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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