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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
To find yourself, think for yourself.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), The Apology
I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), In "Phaedo," sct. 98, by Plato.
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus.
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Crito," (Plato)
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), In "1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said," ed. Robert Byrne, 1988
But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC), Apology, (Plato)
The unexamined life is not worth living.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)

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