--- title: "4 Absolute truth Quotes By Socrates" description: "4 Absolute truth quotes by Socrates. Plus more from Socrates and more Absolute truth sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/socrates-405_absolute-truth_s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-enter_412438.jpg" --- > [ “...\[S\]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-entertain-should-be-respected-and/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/socrates-405_absolute-truth_s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-enter_412438.jpg) > [ “...\[T\]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... \[a\]nd to live well means the same thing as to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/t-he-really-important-thing-is-not-to-live-but-to-live-well-a-nd-to/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/socrates-405_absolute-truth_t-he-really-important-thing-is-not-to-li_552755.jpg) > [ “...\[W\]hy should we pay so much attention to what 'most people' think? The really reasonable people, who have more claim to be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/w-hy-should-we-pay-so-much-attention-to-what-most-people-think-the/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/socrates-405_absolute-truth_w-hy-should-we-pay-so-much-attention-to_1029000.jpg) > [“Do we say that one must never willingly do wrong, or does it depend upon the circumstances? Is it true, as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/do-we-say-that-one-must-never-willingly-do-wrong-or-does-it-depend/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af7/socrates-405_absolute-truth_do-we-say-that-one-must-never-willingly_2174543.jpg) ## Other authors on Absolute truth - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sorin-cerin-86306.jpg) Sorin Cerin 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/sorin-cerin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-mouloud-benzadi-2369.jpg) Mouloud Benzadi 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/mouloud-benzadi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nirmala-srivastava-71652.jpg) Nirmala Srivastava 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/nirmala-srivastava/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-eric-hoffer-33497.jpg) Eric Hoffer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/eric-hoffer/) ## More by Socrates > [By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/by-all-means-marry-if-you-get-a-good-wife-you-ll-be-happy-if-you-get/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/falling-down-is-not-a-failure-failure-comes-when-you-stay-where-you/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/do-not-go-through-life-like-leaf-blown-from-here-to-there-believing/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/if-the-whole-world-depends-on-today-s-youth-i-can-t-see-the-world/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [“I only know, I know nothing”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-only-know-i-know-nothing/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-cannot-teach-anybody-anything-i-can-only-make-them-think/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/if-measure-and-symmetry-are-absent-from-any-composition-in-any-degree/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/marry-a-good-woman-and-be-happy-the-rest-of-your-life-or-marry-a-bad/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/for-the-fear-of-death-is-indeed-the-pretense-of-wisdom-and-not-real/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/there-is-no-difference-between-knowledge-and-temperance-for-he-who/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/besides-it-is-a-shame-to-let-yourself-grow-old-through-neglect-before/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-greatest-blessing-granted-to-mankind-come-by-way-of-madness-which/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/i-desire-only-to-know-the-truth-and-to-live-as-well-as-i-can-and-to/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/so-you-would-rather-suffer-an-injustice-than-do-an-injustice/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) > [The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-end-of-life-is-to-be-like-unto-god-and-the-soul-following-god/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/absolute-truth/socrates/#itemlist", "name": "4 Absolute truth Quotes By Socrates", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Socrates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-entertain-should-be-respected-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/socrates-405_absolute-truth_s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-enter_412438.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/socrates-405_absolute-truth_s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-enter_412438.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/socrates-405_absolute-truth_s-ome-of-the-opinions-which-people-enter_412438.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not.” — Socrates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... 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