The unexamined life is not worth living.
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.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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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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One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
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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 hottest love has the coldest end.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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