Quotes By Socrates
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.
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Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
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