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> [The soul is pure when it leaves the body and drags nothing bodily with it, by virtue of having no willing association…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-soul-is-pure-when-it-leaves-the-body-and-drags-nothing-bodily/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-right-way-to-begin-is-to-pay-attention-to-the-young-and-make-them/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/ordinary-people-seem-not-to-realize-that-those-who-really-apply/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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## 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/)

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