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Men Quotes by Socrates
- He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
- What a lot of things there are a man can do without.
- Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he…
- There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and run away; this…
- No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow…
- Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world…
- You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or…
- I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not…
- Neither I nor any other man should, on trial or in way, contrive to avoid death at any cost.
- Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
- If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live…
- If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
- I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and…
- Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
- Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.
- I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other…
- Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or…
- May the outward and inward man be at one.
- As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent
- To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do…
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