Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I read a lot of Socrates in the off-season. Don't print that, or it'll ruin my rep. — Travis Hafner Copy Share Image
“Socrates himself said, "one thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.” — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.” — Edward De Bono Copy Share Image
“To be is to do’ — Socrates. ‘To do is to be’ — Jean-Paul Sartre. ‘Do be do be do’ — Frank Sinatra.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“If you need philosophy and you're waiting on the gas chamber, stick to Socrates. At least he had a sense of humor.” — Tyler Patrick Wood Copy Share Image
“The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't know… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Storms don't come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them — Dickinson Richards Copy Share Image
The refractory pupil of Socrates, Aristippus the Cyrene, who believed happiness to be the sum of particular pleasures and golden moments and… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
“Death is the true inspiring genius, or the muse of philosophy, wherefore Socrates has defined the latter as θανάτου μελέτη. Indeed without… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be."… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
“Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in… — Adrienne Woods Copy Share Image
“for philosophy, Socrates, if pursued in moderation and at the proper age, is an elegant accomplishment, but too much philosophy is the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“How often when they find a sage As sweet as Socrates or Plato They hand him hemlock for his wage Or bake… — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
“Socrates had it backward. He thought the unexamined life is not worth living. I think no one's life holds up to examination.… — David R. Dow Copy Share Image
“Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Even now I'm well aware that if I allowed myself to listen to him I couldn't resist but would have the same… — Plato Copy Share Image
Socrates dies with honor, surrounded by his disciples listening to the most tender words -the easiest death that one could wish to… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
“Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?'… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Who, I ask, ever found salvation through the conquests of Alexander? What city was ever more wisely governed because of them, what… — Flavius Claudius Julianus Copy Share Image
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
The artist must be a philosopher. Socrates the skilled sculptor, Jean-Jacques [Rousseau] the good musician, and the immortal Poussin, tracing on the… — Jacques-Louis David Copy Share Image
“Not much time will be gained, O Athenians, in return for the evil name which you will get from the detractors of… — Plato Copy Share Image
“All Hellenistic schools seem to define [wisdom] in approximately the same terms: first and foremost, as a state of perfect peace of… — Pierre Hadot Copy Share Image
“In life, as in war, there are many ways to stay alive. But not all of them are right and honourable. The… — Aviezer Tucker Copy Share Image
“One of my favorite arguments against Jesus was how do we know He really existed? How do we know that accounts of… — Tom Skinner Copy Share Image
“That Socrates should ever have been so treated by the Athenians!" Slave! why say "Socrates"? Speak of the thing as it is:… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“Alexandros points to the bronze sculpture of Socrates. "His society didn't collapse because of an outside aggressor. It collapsed from within, from… — Christopher Phillips Copy Share Image
“Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this occasion we shall disregard… — Socrates Copy Share Image
![“The artist must be a philosopher. Socrates the skilled sculptor, Jean-Jacques [Rousseau] the good musician, and the immortal Poussin, tracing on the canvas the sublime lessons of philosophy, are so many proofs that an artistic genius should have no other guide except the torch of reason.” quote by Jacques-Louis David](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0e9/jacques-louis-david-55514_art_the-artist-must-be-a-philosopher-socrate_583995.jpg)
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