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There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead. — Bertrand Russell

Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that of the diviners and the oracles. — Socrates

The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul. — Socrates

He is the richest who is content with the least. — Socrates

How many things I can do without! — Socrates

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. — Socrates

It seems that God took away the minds of poets that they might better express His. — Socrates

Such as thy words are such will thine affections be esteemed and such as thine affections will be thy deeds and such as thy deeds will be thy life ... — Socrates

The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it. - Socrates — Dan Millman

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

Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks. — Robert J. Sawyer

Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, 'How many things I have no need of!' — Socrates

I suppose I thought your mind would be full of dresses and dances."
"Well, it's not. It's full of Socrates and Euclid. — Leila Rasheed

If you want to be wrong then follow the masses. — Socrates

I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them. — Socrates

Socrates smile was devastating. It's been my honor to introduce you to the woman you were meant to be. — Red Phoenix

People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. — Socrates

Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates

There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse. — Socrates

So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice? — Socrates

Wow. She's like a mini-Socrates with all this life advice. I feel like I should be taking notes. Or debating with her. — Colleen Hoover

Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue Socrates in The Apology. — Socrates

Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty. — Socrates

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be. — Socrates

Only Socrates knew, after a lifetime of unceasing labor, that he was ignorant. Now every high-school student knows that. How did it become so easy? — Allan Bloom

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

Scio me nihil scire" - I know that I know nothing — Socrates

What a lot of things there are a man can do without. — Socrates

The hottest love has the coldest end. — Socrates

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. — Socrates

Beware the barrenness of a busy life. — Socrates

There is no learning without remembering. — Socrates

There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear — Socrates

If Socrates was alive today he would say : I know that I know everything. That's what contemporary philosophers do. — Ljupka Cvetanova

As Socrates I believe said the unexamined life is not worth living. I believe that's true. I do believe that. — Joy Behar

Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue. — Socrates

PLATONIC, adj. Pertaining to the philosophy of Socrates. Platonic Love is a fool's name for the affection between a disability and a frost. — Ambrose Bierce

It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied. — C.S. Lewis

If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates

It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite. — Saul Bellow

Well, then, let's not just trust the likelihood based on painting. — Socrates

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

If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If Christianity was morality, Socrates would be the Saviour. — William Blake

One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man. — Socrates

Wisdom is knowing how little we know. — Socrates

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. — Socrates

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook. — Anton Chekhov

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

I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance. — Socrates

No. Frank Socrates doesn't have conditions, because he's dead. He loves me unconditionally. — A.S. King

Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods. — Socrates

When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior. — Socrates

Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge ... — Socrates

True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge. — Socrates

Socrates asks him the crucial question about education, and that is, If you study with this fellow, what will he make of you? — Leroy S Rouner

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
[As quoted in Plutarch's Of Banishment] — Socrates

Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates. — Franz Grillparzer

To find the Father of all is hard. And when found, it is impossible to utter Him. — Socrates

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

The same wind is blowing, and yet one of us may be cold and the other not. — Socrates

...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not. — Socrates

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf. — Socrates

You won't find peace with another, until you become one person--not two. — Shannon L. Alder

We all know that the un-examined life is not worth living (socrates). But if all you are doing is examining, you are not living. — Adam Leipzig

Thou should eat to live; not live to eat. — Socrates

It has been shown that to injure anyone is never just anywhere. — Socrates

How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him. — Socrates

I conceived 'All Is Song' as a modernised, loosely interpreted version of Socrates's life. — Samantha Harvey

Talk in order that I may see you. — Socrates

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

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. - Socrates — Leo Babauta

The warm love has the coldest end. — Socrates

When Socrates said he knew nothing he still thought he knew more than anyone else. — Marty Rubin

Yes, if the life and death of Socrates are those of a wise man, the life and death of Jesus are those of a god. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all. — Socrates

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. — Socrates

See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all. — Socrates

The uninitiated are those who believe in nothing except what they can grasp in their hands, and who deny the existence of all that is invisible. — Socrates

I only know, I know nothing — Socrates

...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away... — Socrates

Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god. — Socrates

Athenian men, I respect and love you,
but I shall obey the god rather than you ... — Socrates

Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob. — James Madison

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. — Socrates

Happiness is unrepented pleasure. — Socrates

Remember this, my boy. The two greatest men who ever livied-Jesus and Socrates-were both hoboes. — Sam Torode

Be true to thine own self — Socrates

When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.' — Nicolas Roeg

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. — Socrates

Socrates, after all, could be an intensely annoying man, all the time questioning passers-by until they became exasperated. — Samantha Harvey

In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever. — Socrates

I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world. — Socrates

May the inward and outward man be as one. — Socrates

Socrates ... did not write. It seems academically obvious that he perished because he did not publish! — Umberto Eco

What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be. — Socrates

If what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all — Socrates

You may not be rich with money, Socrates was not, your life still has tremendous value. — Debasish Mridha

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent. — Socrates