Socrates Quotes
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There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.
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The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
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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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True perfection is a bold quest to seek. Only the willing and true of heart will seek the betterment of many.
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The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.
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Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.
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And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels - temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth - she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes.
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Contentment is natural wealth.
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Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
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Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
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Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge.
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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.
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People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
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The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.
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The perfect human being is all human beings put together, it is a collective, it is all of us together that make perfection.
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Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.
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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.
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The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
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Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.
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The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
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In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.