Quotes by Socrates

Socrates

Socrates

Greek philosopher

Lived from: 469 - 399

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagGreece

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  • Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.
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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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  • Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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  • See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river and see all.
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  • Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me.
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  • The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
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  • The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
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  • The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
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  • The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.
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  • The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.
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  • The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
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  • The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
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  • The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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  • The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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  • The unexamined life is not worth living.
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  • The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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  • There is only one good - knowledge; and only one evil - ignorance.
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  • They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
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  • Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
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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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