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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophe...more

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prop...more

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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 p...more

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A man who preserves his integrity no real, long-lasting harm can ever come.

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For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind ...more

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God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order that we who hear them may know...more

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Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this occasion we shall disregard Anytus and acquit you, b...more

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...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live honourably or rightly...

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...I do not think that it is right for a man to appeal to the jury or to get himself acquitted by doing so; he ought to inform them of the facts and c...more

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...I have had a remarkable experience. In the past the prophetic voice to which I have become accustomed has always been my constant companion, opposi...more

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...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostility; and this is what will bring about my destructio...more