"Let us reflect in this way, too, that……" — Socrates
"Let us reflect in this way, too, that there is good hope that death is a blessing, for it is one of two things: either the dead are nothing and have no perception of anything, or it is, as we are told, a change and a relocation for the soul from here to another place."
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331 Quotes by Socrates
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Whoever would have his body supple, easy and healthful should learn to dance.
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