Beauty Quote by Michel de Montaigne

The usual picture of Socrates is of an ugly little plebeian who inspired a handsome young nobleman to write long dialogues on large topics.

— Richard Rorty

Socrates' fame spread all over Greece, and the most respected and educated men from all around came to him, in order to enjoy his…

— Moses Mendelssohn

Do you guys like impressions? "Why?" That was Socrates.

— Bo Burnham

“Did you hear the story of Socrates? He was a philosopher in ancient Greece, so they killed him.”

— Troy DeNuthe

Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle,…

— Francis Quarles

Beauty, as defined by society at large, seemed to be only about who was best at looking like everyone else.

— Lucy Grealy

“Socrates (770-399 B.C.[E.]) is possibly the most enigmatic figure in the entire history of philosophy. He never wrote a single line. Yet he is…

— Jostein Gaarder

Socrates ... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man… It is impossible to…

— Michel de Montaigne

I collected men with interesting names. I already knew a Socrates. He was tall and ugly and intellectual and the son of some big…

— Sylvia Plath

So Socrates was a kind of gadfly. He was a sort of philosophical urban gorilla hanging around in the middle of Athens, asking these…

— Rebecca Goldstein

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

— Xenophon