May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure.
SocratesMan must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.
SocratesYoung people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
SocratesThere are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years, and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.
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