When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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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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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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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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