He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
SOCRATESA 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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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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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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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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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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