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My Plainness Of Speech Makes Them Hate Me, And What Is Their Hatred But A Proof That I Am Speaking The Truth.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a
proof that I am speaking the truth.
-- Socrates (470?-399 BCE) "Apology"
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They who provide much wealth for their children, but neglect to improve them in virtue, do like those who feed their horses high, but never train them to the manage.
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The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods. -- Socrates (470?-399 B.C.)
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
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