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Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from one place to another.
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
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Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practice daily these eighteen “ities” You will soon attain immortality.
– Socrates

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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
– Socrates

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There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
– Socrates

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Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.
– Socrates

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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.
– Socrates

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Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?
– Socrates

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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.
– Socrates

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Know Thyself.
– Socrates

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So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?
– Socrates

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Man, know thyself.
– Socrates

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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
– Socrates

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