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Socrates

Socrates

Philosopher · Greek

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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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Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.
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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.
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Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person.
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If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all
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The noblest worship is to make yourself as good and as just as you can.
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We shall be better, braver, and _x000D_ more active if we believe it right to _x000D_ look for what we don't know.
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YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS
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Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.
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The universe really is motion & nothing else.
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Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.
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Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.
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The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.
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Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads.
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To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
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Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.
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