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Socrates quotes: I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another. I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest evil than to free another.
Socrates quotes: The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul. The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.
Socrates quotes: The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves. The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves.
Socrates quotes: It seems that God took away the minds of poets that they might better express His. It seems that God took away the minds of poets that they might better express His.
Socrates quotes: There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Socrates quotes: I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates quotes: The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.
Socrates quotes: Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, 'How many things I have no need of!' Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, 'How many things I have no need of!'
Socrates quotes: If you want to be wrong then follow the masses. If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.
Socrates quotes: The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be
Socrates quotes: Either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, it is unwillingly. Either I do not corrupt the young or, if I do, it is unwillingly.
Socrates quotes: The really important thing is not live, but to live well. The really important thing is not live, but to live well.
Socrates quotes: Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions. Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.
Socrates quotes: In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine. In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.
Socrates quotes: The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods. The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.
Socrates quotes: Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth. Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.
Socrates quotes: Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit ... Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit ...
Socrates quotes: Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant. Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Socrates quotes: The misuse of language induces evil in the soul The misuse of language induces evil in the soul
Socrates quotes: We shall be better, braver, and more active if we believe it right to look for what we don't know. We shall be better, braver, and
more active if we believe it right to
look for what we don't know.
Socrates quotes: The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows. The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
Socrates quotes: It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one. It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
Socrates quotes: Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
Socrates quotes: So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice? So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?
Socrates quotes: Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue Socrates in The Apology. Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue Socrates in The Apology.
Socrates quotes: As for me, all I know is I know nothing. As for me, all I know is I know nothing.
Socrates quotes: Not I, but the city teaches. Not I, but the city teaches.
Socrates quotes: The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live. The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live.
Socrates quotes: I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Socrates quotes: Our purpose in founding the city was not to make any one class in it surpassingly happy, but to make the city as a whole as happyas possible. Our purpose in founding the city was not to make any one class in it surpassingly happy, but to make the city as a whole as happyas possible.
Socrates quotes: Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty. Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.
Socrates quotes: One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them. One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.
Socrates quotes: To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
Socrates quotes: The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that. The only thing I know is that I know nothing, and i am no quite sure that i know that.
Socrates quotes: He who would change the world should first change himself. He who would change the world should first change himself.
Socrates quotes: The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
Socrates quotes: The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact. The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.
Socrates quotes: Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me. Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
Socrates quotes: Let him who would move the world first move himself. Let him who would move the world first move himself.
Socrates quotes: If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease. If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.
Socrates quotes: There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear
Socrates quotes: Knowledge is our ultimate good. Knowledge is our ultimate good.
Socrates quotes: Beauty is a short-lived tyranny Beauty is a short-lived tyranny
Socrates quotes: To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.
Socrates quotes: I know what I do not know. I know what I do not know.
Socrates quotes: To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom. To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
Socrates quotes: Athletics have become professionalized. Athletics have become professionalized.
Socrates quotes: The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper. The individual leads in order that those who are led can develop their potential as human beings and thereby prosper.
Socrates quotes: I call that man idle who might be better employed. I call that man idle who might be better employed.
Socrates quotes: Follow the argument wherever it leads. Follow the argument wherever it leads.
Socrates quotes: He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates quotes: To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty by reason of my devotion to the god To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty by reason of my devotion to the god .
Socrates quotes: Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness. Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness.
Socrates quotes: Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds. Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.
Socrates quotes: If one knows what is right, he will do it; nobody wants to be evil If one knows what is right, he will do it; nobody wants to be evil
Socrates quotes: Every action has its pleasures and its price. Every action has its pleasures and its price.
Socrates quotes: Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly. Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.
Socrates quotes: There is no solution; seek it lovingly There is no solution; seek it lovingly
Socrates quotes: The definition of terms is the beginning of wisdom. The definition of terms is the beginning of wisdom.
Socrates quotes: I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think
Socrates quotes: Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know. Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know.
Socrates quotes: There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend. There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.
Socrates quotes: A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind. A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.
Socrates quotes: Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge
Socrates quotes: If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.
Socrates quotes: I only know how little I know I only know how little I know
Socrates quotes: The more I learn, the less I realize I know. The more I learn, the less I realize I know.
Socrates quotes: Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom. Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
Socrates quotes: Smart people learn from everything and everyone,Average people from their experiences,Stupid people already have all the answers. Smart people learn from everything and everyone,
Average people from their experiences,
Stupid people already have all the answers.
Socrates quotes: Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are. Be the kind of person that you want people to think you are.
Socrates quotes: No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training
Socrates quotes: This is ... self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know. This is ... self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know.
Socrates quotes: Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers. Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
Socrates quotes: The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
Socrates quotes: I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally... I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally...
Socrates quotes: The same wind is blowing, and yet one of us may be cold and the other not. The same wind is blowing, and yet one of us may be cold and the other not.
Socrates quotes: Be true to thine own self Be true to thine own self
Socrates quotes: In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever. In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.
Socrates quotes: What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be. What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.
Socrates quotes: It has been shown that to injure anyone is never just anywhere. It has been shown that to injure anyone is never just anywhere.
Socrates quotes: Talk in order that I may see you. Talk in order that I may see you.
Socrates quotes: 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 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 quotes: If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth. If you will take my advice you will think little of Socrates, and a great deal more of truth.
Socrates quotes: Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
Socrates quotes: The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living
Socrates quotes: A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle. A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle.
Socrates quotes: Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state
Socrates quotes: Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher
Socrates quotes: To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity. To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.
Socrates quotes: Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Socrates quotes: This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin. This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin.
Socrates quotes: Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world. Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.
Socrates quotes: True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates quotes: Man 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. Man 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.
Socrates quotes: The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion. The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of compassion.
Socrates quotes: The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
Socrates quotes: Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf. Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.
Socrates quotes: It is not living that matters, but living rightly. It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
Socrates quotes: Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty. Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.
Socrates quotes: Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered. Nothing is so well learned as that which is discovered.

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