When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
SOCRATESBe as you wish to seem.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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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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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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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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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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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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 easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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