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Letter "S" » Socrates Quotes
«If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.»
«I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.»
«Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.»
«Such as thy words are, such will thine affections be esteemed; and such as thine affections, will be thy deeds; and such as thy deeds will be thy life»
«Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.»
«Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.»
«Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it.»
Author: Socrates
(Philosopher)
«I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.»
«It is necessary that one who really and truly fights for the right, if he is to survive even for a short time, shall act as a private man, not as a public man»
«Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.»
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