A system of morality which is based on r... by Socrates

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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.

- Socrates

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Fear

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.

- Socrates

Man

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

- Socrates

Marriage Man Will

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

- Socrates

Wife

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

- Socrates

Man

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

- Socrates

Men

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

- Socrates

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