It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
SOCRATESNo one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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