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Behold, he said, the wisdom of Socrates; he refuses to teach himself, and goes about learning of others, to whom he never even says Thank you. — Plato

Nay, Socrates," said Glaucon, "the measure of listening to such discussions is the whole of life for reasonable men". The Republic, 450c. — Plato

All of a sudden he will catch sight of something wonderfully beautiful in its nature; that, Socrates, is the reason for all his earlier labors — Plato

It is Plato's portrait of Socrates that has inspired thinkers in the Western world for nearly 2.500 years. — Jostein Gaarder

All I would ask you to be thinking of is the truth and not Socrates. — Plato

The wisest of you men is he who has realized, like Socrates, that in respect of wisdom he is really worthless. — Plato

The great spiritual geniuses, whether it was Moses, Buddha, Plato, Socrates, Jesus, or Emerson ... have taught man to look within himself to find God. — Ernest Holmes

I wonder if Socrates and Plato took a house on Crete during the summer. — Woody Allen

I prefer nothing, unless it is true. — Plato

There you have Socrates' wisdom; [b] he himself isn't willing to teach, but he goes around learning from others and isn't even grateful to them. — Plato

Modesty is becoming in youth. — Plato

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. — Plato

Socrates said that, from above, the Earth looks like one of those twelve-patched leathern balls. — Plato

Socrates, in Plato, formulates ideas of order: the Iliad, like Shakespeare, knows that a violent disorder is a great order. — Harold Bloom

The Republic isn't as much fun as The Symposium. It's all long speeches, and nobody bursting in drunk to woo Socrates in the middle. — Jo Walton

SOCRATES: But you do say that he who is a good rhapsode is also a good general. ION: Certainly. — Plato

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless — Plato

Socrates had a student named Plato, Plato had a student named Aristotle, and Aristotle had a student named Alexander the Great. — Old Tom Morris

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul. — Plato

The atomists , unlike Socrates , Plato , and Aristotle , sought to explain the world without introducing the notion of purpose or final cause. — Bertrand Russell

And Agathon said, It is probable, Socrates, that I knew nothing of what I had said.
And yet spoke you beautifully, Agathon, he said. — Plato

Again what city ever received Plato's or Aristotle's laws, or Socrates' precepts? But, — Erasmus

It is extraordinary to think about. We still speak of Socratic or Platonic philosophy, but actually being Plato or Socrates is quite another matter. — Jostein Gaarder

For I am certain, O men of Athens, that if I had engaged in politics, I should have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself. — Plato

Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well? — Kurt Vonnegut

Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this. — Plato

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. — Plato

Socrates isguilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing indeities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state. — Plato

Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment. — Friedrich Nietzsche

My father was a dreamy fellow - he read Plato and Socrates and watched Phillies games. — Patti Smith