Can do Quote by Michel de Montaigne

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

— Plato

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired…

— John Tillotson

Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Socrates.- If all goes well, the time will come when one will take up the memorabilia of Socrates rather than the Bible as a…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive…

— Xenophon

Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men.

— John Milton

Socrates had no system to teach. Throughout, his philosophy was a spiritual exercise, an invitation to a new way of life, active reflection, and…

— Pierre Hadot

“There you have Socrates’ wisdom; [b] he himself isn’t willing to teach, but he goes around learning from others and isn’t even grateful to…

— Plato

We forget that Socrates was famed for wisdom not because he was omniscient but because he realized at the age of seventy that he…

— Robert Wilson Lynd

“We know so little about Socrates but somehow we still remember he existed; more amazing yet, is how the meaning of ethics has completely…

— Alejandro C. Estrada

As a Roman philosopher, Cicero, said of him a few hundred years later, Socrates 'called philosophy down from the sky and established her in…

— Jostein Gaarder

Socrates, who was a perfect model in all great qualities, ... hit on a body and face so ugly and so incongruous with the…

— Michel de Montaigne