Cat Quote by Eugene Ionesco

“Another syllogism. All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat.”

— Eugène Ionesco

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— Peter Kreeft

“In 80% of Socrates' dialogues there was no constructive outcome. He saw his role as simply pointing out what was "wrong.”

— Edward De Bono

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— Voltaire

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— Lydia M. Child

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— Ludwig Feuerbach

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— Anonymous

Every reader should remember the diffidence of Socrates, and repair by his candour the injuries of time: he should impute the seeming defects of…

— Samuel Johnson

“Nothing is richer than precious stones and than gold; nothing is finer than adamant, nothing nobler than the blood of kings; nothing is sacred…

— Jean Passerat

“Who, I ask, ever found salvation through the conquests of Alexander? What city was ever more wisely governed because of them, what individual improved?…

— Flavius Claudius Julianus

“O Socrates, the universe cannot for one instant endure to be only what it is. It is strange to think that that which is…

— Paul Valéry

“Socrates said that a man doesn’t want what he doesn’t think he lacks. That is, if you believe you have the truth then why…

— Peter Boghossian