When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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.
More Socrates Quotes
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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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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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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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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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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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