The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
SOCRATESI cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
More Socrates Quotes
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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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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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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