Not because Socrates said so,... I look upon all men as my compatriots. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Socrates said, "Those who want fewest things are nearest to the gods. — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
All men are mortal. Socrates was mortal. Therefore, all men are Socrates. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite. — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he himself had… — Moses Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative,… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Socrates said, Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“You can find anyone that will tell you what you want to hear, but the only one worth valuing is the one… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Socrates condemned art because he preferred philosophy and only after much internal struggle did Plato accept this judgment. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I "love" reading. It makes me feel like I am swallowing up Christ, Homer, Confucius, Newton, Franklin, Socrates, Caesar, and the whole… — Moffat Machingura Copy Share Image
Socrates was tried in a religious court. He was condemned for disregarding Athens' gods. If you look at the way he speaks… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“He was just a kid. He didn’t care. He was like, “I’m getting in my mom’s van and I’m going home.” I… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“If Socrates leaves his house today he will find the sage seated on his doorstep. If Judas go forth tonight it is… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
“Socrates twisted his head to stare at her. “They see what they choose,” he said. “Or rather, they don’t see what they… — Jamie Sedgwick Copy Share Image
We think the way we do partly because Socrates thought the way he did. His basic idea - that the unexamined life… — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
Socrates said the perfect society would be based on a great lie. People would be told that lie from the cradle, and… — Anne Frasier Copy Share Image
Socrates worked towards making people question themselves. He like to provoke self-interrogation but wasn't particularly interested in the answers that emerged; he… — Eric Cantona Copy Share Image
When we talked about Socrates, we saw how dangerous it could be to appeal to people's reason. With Jesus we see how… — Jostein Gaarder Copy Share Image
So Socrates was a kind of gadfly. He was a sort of philosophical urban gorilla hanging around in the middle of Athens,… — Rebecca Goldstein 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
“The Apology (of Socrates) is Plato's version of the speech given by Socrates as he defends himself against the charges of being… — Voltaire 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
“Every soul seeks happiness, Socrates believes, and there is a clearly defined path to achieving happiness, though many don’t choose to take… — Pearson Education Copy Share Image
“Tragedy is born of myth, not morality. Prometheus and Icarus are tragic heroes. Yet none of the myths in which they appear… — John Gray Copy Share Image
“Did not Socrates, all the while he unflinchingly refused to concede one iota of loyalty to his daemon, obey with equal fidelity… — Inazo Nitobe Copy Share Image
Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
