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Socrates Quotes

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
Socrates

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Philosopher Quotes
Category:
Greek Philosopher Quotes
Year of Birth:
469 BC
Year of Death:
399 BC
Nationality:
Greek
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Related Authors:
Aristotle
Plato
Plutarch
Epictetus
Epicurus
Anaxagoras
Xenophanes
Heraclitus

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