All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
SOCRATESTo fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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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 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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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you 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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