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SOCRATES
Greek philosopher
(c. 470 BC - 399 BC)
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I know nothing except of my ignorance.
      - [Ignorance]

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
      - [Beauty]

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
      - [Politicians]

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
      - [Wealth]

If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation, thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but never know how to love with men.
      - [Argument]

Knowledge is our ultimate good.
      - [Knowledge]

Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn.
      - [Slander]

Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison.
      - [Malice]

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

My belief is to have no wants; it is divine.
      - [Want]

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades,--that of government.
      - [Government]

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
      - [Life]

O beloved Pan, and all ye other gods of this place, grant me to become beautiful in the inner man.
      - in Plato's "Phaedrus", end [Beauty]

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
      - [Superiority]

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
      - [Prayer]

Philosophy begins with wonder.
      - [Philosophy]

Slanderers do not hurt me, because they do not hit me.
      - [Slander]

Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.
      - [Words]

The best seasoning for food in hunger; for drink, thirst.
      - according to Cicero [Appetite]

The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things.
      - [Life]

The fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown . . . and no one knows whether death which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. . . .
      - [Death]

The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
      - [Want]

The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate.
      - [Extremes]

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
      - [Glory]

The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls.
      - [Reason]


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