I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
SOCRATESBe as you wish to seem.
More Socrates Quotes
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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To be is to do.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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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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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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