Socrates Quotes

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

Socrates

• Courage
• Desires
• Fears
• Pleasures
• Pains

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• Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

  

  Socrates
  • Courage
  • Desires
  • Fears