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There is one way, then, in which a man can be free from all anxiety about the fate of his soul - if in life he has abandoned bodily pleasures and ador...more

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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.

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The unexamined life is not worth living.

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I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves as wise men and are...more

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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

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One day, the old wise Socrates walks down the streets, when all of the sudden a man runs up to him "Socrates I have to tell you something about your f...more

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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

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.. is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for this, and in company with this, is...more

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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.

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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