Ass Quote by Alain de Botton

Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me…

— Jean de La Fontaine

It was the first and most striking characteristic of Socrates never to become heated in discourse, never to utter an injurious or insulting word…

— Epictetus

“Man's greatest privilege is the discussion of virtue" Socrates in The Apology.”

— Socrates

“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.”

— Troy DeNuthe

“We know so little about Socrates but somehow we still remember he existed; more amazing yet, is how the meaning of ethics has completely…

— Alejandro C. Estrada

“If you can not answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.”

— Elbert Hubbard

“That Socrates should ever have been so treated by the Athenians!" Slave! why say "Socrates"? Speak of the thing as it is: That ever…

— Epictetus

“How you, O Athenians, have been affected by my accusers, I cannot tell; but I know that they almost made me forget who I…

— Plato

It's no disgrace to be a private, you know. Socrates was a plain foot soldier, a hoplite.

— Saul Bellow

“But the truth is, O men of Athens, that God only is wise; and by his answer he intends to show that the wisdom…

— Plato

“When creatures refused to use proper names, it was a way of denying that those who were not like you were your equals.”

— Deborah Harkness

Socrates asks him the crucial question about education, and that is, If you study with this fellow, what will he make of you?

— Leroy S Rouner