Absent Quote by 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

“What do you take me for? That fool Socrates, who upheld the law at the cost of his own death – just to be…

— Benson Bruno

“Socrates made people face their hypocrisy. He had to die.”

— Francis Mont

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

— Socrates

“You can't respect yourself if you're letting someone beat you up–inside or out.”

— Alex Flinn

I admire the courage and wisdom of Socrates in everything he did, said--and did not say.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval.…

— Alain de Botton

“Undoubtedly, on his death bed, at that moment when, ever since Socrates, it has been proper to pronounce certain elevated words, he told his…

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“All throughout his life, he'd been rewarded by sticking to a simple philosophy: refuse to be weak. Push as hard as you can. Pain…

— Kent Wayne

I used to say to my opponents: 'If you let me beat you, I'm going to tell your kids you were beaten by an…

— Linford Christie

“No one can beat the one who does not beat any other living being. If he does not harass anyone, no one will harass…

— Dada Bhagwan

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

— Edward De Bono