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Socrates has 347 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Contentment is natural wealth.
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The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.
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He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.
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Whoever would have his body supple, easy and healthful should learn to dance.
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Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.
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The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on…
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Wonder [said Socrates] is very much the affection of a philosopher; for there is no other beginning of philosophy than this.
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Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out.
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