To be is to do.
SOCRATESWealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
More Socrates Quotes
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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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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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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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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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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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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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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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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