Socrates Quotes


“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

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“I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think”

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“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”

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“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”

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“Wisdom begins in wonder.”

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“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

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“By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.”

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“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”

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“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”

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“Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.”

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“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”

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“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”

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“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”

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“Know thyself.”

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“Let him that would move the world first move himself.”

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“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”

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“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”

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“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.”

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“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.”

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“When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”

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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

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“Every action has its pleasures and its price.”

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“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

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“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.”

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“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”

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“understanding a question is half an answer”

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“From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.”

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“The hottest love has the coldest end.”

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“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”

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“Be nicer than necessary to everyone you meet. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle.”

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“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”

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“Be as you wish to seem.”

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“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”

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“Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.”

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“It is not living that matters, but living rightly.”

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“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”

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“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”

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“Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.”


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