The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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To be is to do.
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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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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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