The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
SOCRATESIt is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
More Socrates Quotes
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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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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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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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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The unexamined life is not worth living.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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