Indian Quotes

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"Thinking: the soul talking to itself."

-- Plato

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

-- Plato

"Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly."

-- Plato

"Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil."

-- Plato

"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

-- Plato

"There is no learning without remembering."

-- Socrates

"Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other is to get it."

-- Socrates

"Nothing is to be preferred before justice."

-- Socrates

"Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down."

-- Socrates

"How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him?"

-- Socrates

"In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine."

-- Socrates

"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

-- Socrates

"Those who want fewest things are nearest to the Gods."

-- Socrates

"The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul."

-- Socrates

"Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth."

-- Socrates

"Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise."

-- Socrates

"Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."

-- Socrates

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate."

-- Socrates

"Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults."

-- Socrates

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

-- Plato

"I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

-- Socrates

"Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat."

-- Socrates

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

-- Socrates

"When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser."

-- Socrates
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