Socrates quotes - page 11

The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. (Socrates)
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime. View quote
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But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living which of us takes the better course, is concealed from anyone except God. View quote
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In every sort of danger, there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever. View quote
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If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded. View quote
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I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world. View quote
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Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible. View quote
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Could I climb the highest place in Athens, I would lift my voice and proclaim, 'Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom one day you must relinquish it all' View quote
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And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own proper jewels temperance and justice, and courage, and nobility and truth she is ready to go on her journey when the hour comes. View quote
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No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government. View quote
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If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men. (Socrates)
The hottest love has the coldest end. View quote
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Employ your time improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily to what others have labored hard for. View quote
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The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness for that runs faster than death. View quote
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Yes, by Jove, that while we are boxing you may all cry out, ‘Well done, Socrates, well done, Xanthippe.' . View quote
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