Socrates Quotes

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

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• As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.

  

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• Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.

  

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• Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.

  

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• All men are somewhat ridiculous and grotesque, just because they are men; and in this respect artists might well be regarded as man multiplied by two. So it is, was, and shall be.

  

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• As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

  

  Socrates
  • Man
  • Marriage
  • Course