Socrates Quotes

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• To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does… Beings
• Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord… Accord
• A system of morality that is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception that has nothing sound in it… Based
• Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and… Amount
• The misuse of language induces evil in the soul. Crafts
• Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind. Allure
• Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. Eat
• I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that the souls of… Confident
• If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't… Account
• The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. Dictionary
• Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must… All
• The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. Capacity
• True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. Exists
• Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on… Any
• When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and… Acquires
• The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children… Authority
• I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. Capacity
• Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in… Agreeable
• One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom. Greek
• All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. All

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