Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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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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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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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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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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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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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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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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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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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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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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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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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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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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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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