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Integrity Quotes by Socrates

8 Integrity quotes by Socrates

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In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by…

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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…

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The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

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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. Practise daily these…

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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

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Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

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Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.

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If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.

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“I only know, I know nothing”

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

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If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are…

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Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher

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“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no…

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There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and…

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Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of…

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

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