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  1. Know thyself.
  2. The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of e…
  3. Wisdom begins in wonder.
  4. If anyone thinks that Socrates is proven to have lied about his daimon because the jury condemned him to death when he stated that a divini…
  5. Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools.
  6. It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fo…
  7. What you cannot enforce, do not command.
  8. 'I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.'

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