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Great Quotes by Socrates
- The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
- There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this…
- I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other…
- By all implies marry if you get a great wife/husband, you are going to be pleased. If you get a bad a single, you are…
- Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.
- I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows something, although he…
- If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth.
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