Socrates Quotes

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.

Socrates

• God
• Die
• Better
• Living

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• Men move through a much different process before commitment than women do.

  

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• From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.

  

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• I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

  

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• Speaking as somebody with three sisters and a very largely female Muslim family, there is not a single woman I know in my family or in their friends who would have accepted the wearing of a veil.

  

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• The journey matters as much as the goal.

  

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• I do have a strong sense of God. It's impossible to explain what I mean when I say that, of course.

  

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• But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.

  

  Socrates
  • God
  • Die
  • Better