Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
SOCRATESGod 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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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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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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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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To be is to do.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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