Socrates Quotes
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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.
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The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.
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In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.
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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.
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Knowing thyself is the height of wisdom.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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All thinking begins with wondering.
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
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It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.
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No citizen has any right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training; it is part of his profession as a citizen to keep himself in good condition... It is a disgrace for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and the strength of which his body is capable.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.
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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The universe really is motion & nothing else.
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.