Socrates Quotes

Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them, are a good to every living being, whereas I contend, that not these, but wisdom and intelligence and memory, and their kindred, right opinion and true reasoning, are better and more desirable than pleasure.

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• At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.

  

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• I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.

  

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• I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.

  

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• Marriage is a definite no-no. I am totally married to my company. Emotionally, my mother fills up the void in my life. So there it is. My company is a spouse I will never cheat on, and my mother completes me as a son. I think I have a full family unit of my own.

  

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• I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.

  

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• All you need is a bad angle and suddenly you're 30 pounds overweight.

  

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• Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.

  

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• The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.

  

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• I have no interest in becoming a tax exile and living somewhere I don't want to - I just want to be at home with my family.

  

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• Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them, are a good to every living being, whereas I contend, that not these, but wisdom and intelligence and memory, and their kindred, right opinion and true reasoning, are better and more desirable than pleasure.

  

  Socrates
  • Wisdom
  • Feelings
  • Pleasure