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.
SOCRATESEmploy your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
More Socrates Quotes
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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I 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.
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To be is to do.
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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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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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