To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
SOCRATESI 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.
More Socrates Quotes
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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 beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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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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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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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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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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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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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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