Socrates quotes - page 7

Did you suppose that so noble a man must be born of two Athenians? (Socrates)
O Euclid, you will acquire a power of managing sophists, but not of governing men. View quote
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For actors on the stage, but not for men. View quote
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What I have understood is good; and so, I think, what I have not understood is; only the book requires a Delian diver to get at the meaning of it. View quote
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Suppose an ass had kicked me, would you have had me bring an action against him? View quote
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It is a good thing for a man to offer himself cheerfully to the attacks of the comic writers; for then, if they say anything worth hearing, one will be able to mend; and if they do not, then all they say is unimportant. View quote
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To begin well is not a trifling thing, but yet not far from a trifling thing. View quote
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It is necessary to learn geometry only so far as might enable a man to measure land for the purposes of buying and selling. View quote
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He who drinks with the greatest appetite is the least inclined to look for a draught which is not at hand. View quote
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The man who eats with the greatest appetite has the least need of delicacies. View quote
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O Hercules! what a number of lies the young man has told about me. (Socrates)
To be sure, for he has never learnt to speak well. View quote
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One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom. View quote
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. View quote
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. View quote
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Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. View quote
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is not living that matters, but living rightly. View quote
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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. View quote
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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. (Socrates)
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. View quote
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I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. View quote
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Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. View quote
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Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence. View quote
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Occupation: Greek Philosopher
Born: 470 BC
Died: 399 BC
Quotes count: 266
Wikipedia: Socrates

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