Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
SOCRATESLet him who would move the world first move himself.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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