--- title: "6 Socrates Did Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Socrates Did quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Socrates Did sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/mara-bar-serapion-259297_education_but-socrates-did-not-did-not-die-for-goo_141015.jpg" --- > [“But Socrates did not did not die for good; he lived on in the teaching of Plato. Pythagoras did not die for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-bar-serapion/but-socrates-did-not-did-not-die-for-good-he-lived-on-in-the-teaching/) [Mara Bar-Serapion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-bar-serapion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14d/mara-bar-serapion-259297_education_but-socrates-did-not-did-not-die-for-goo_141015.jpg) > [“Socrates did not think much of books and the written word; as a proponent of oral storytelling, he thought the written word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-kardaras/socrates-did-not-think-much-of-books-and-the-written-word-as-a/) [Nicholas Kardaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-kardaras/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/033/nicholas-kardaras-72010_books_socrates-did-not-think-much-of-books-and_156760.jpg) > [I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/i-admire-the-courage-and-wisdom-of-socrates-in-everything-he-did-said/) [Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/friedrich-nietzsche-15_admire_i-admire-the-courage-and-wisdom-of-socra_301951.jpg) > [Socrates ... did not write. It seems academically obvious that he perished because he did not publish!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/socrates-did-not-write-it-seems-academically-obvious-that-he-perished/) [Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/umberto-eco-313_obvious_socrates-did-not-write-it-seems-academic_1748235.jpg) > [When the friendly jailer gave Socrates the poison cup to drink, the jailer said: "Try to bear lightly what needs must be."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dale-carnegie/when-the-friendly-jailer-gave-socrates-the-poison-cup-to-drink-the/) [Dale Carnegie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dale-carnegie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5f/dale-carnegie-382_bears_when-the-friendly-jailer-gave-socrates-t_2583584.jpg) > [“You can’t blame yourself for what Socrates did. Those birds came because he wanted them to come, at least a part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-goldman/you-can-t-blame-yourself-for-what-socrates-did-those-birds-came/) [Ken Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-goldman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/ken-goldman-46091_bird_you-can-t-blame-yourself-for-what-socrat_2623857.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/socrates-did/#itemlist", "name": "Socrates Did Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But Socrates did not did not die for good; he lived on in the teaching of Plato. Pythagoras did not die for good; he lived on in the statue of Hera. 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