One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
SOCRATESBe as you wish to seem.
More Socrates Quotes
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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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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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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