Socrates

Socrates: I was afraid...

Socrates: I was afraid...

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might...

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Socrates: I decided that...

Socrates: I decided that...

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration,...

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Socrates: Let him that...

Socrates: Let him that...

Let him that would move the world, first move himself.

Source: In Reader's...

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Socrates: If all our...

Socrates: If all our...

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be...

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Socrates: If a rich...

Socrates: If a rich...

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs...

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Socrates: Children today are...

Socrates: Children today are...

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their...

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Socrates: I cannot teach...

Socrates: I cannot teach...

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

Source: In Webster's...

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Socrates: Pay attention to...

Socrates: Pay attention to...

Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.

Source: quoted...

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Socrates: How many things...

Socrates: How many things...

How many things I can do without!

Source: In Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, by...

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Socrates: Whenever, therefore, people...

Socrates: Whenever, therefore, people...

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into...

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Socrates: The unexamined life...

Socrates: The unexamined life...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Source: Apology, (Plato)
-- Socrates,...

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Socrates: Wonder is the...

Socrates: Wonder is the...

Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Source: In...

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Socrates: The beginning of...

Socrates: The beginning of...

The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Source: In The Book of Success,...

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Socrates: In every sort...

Socrates: In every sort...

In every sort of danger, there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything...

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Socrates: The hour of...

Socrates: The hour of...

The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways --I to die and you to live. Which is the better, only God...

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Socrates: Employ your time...

Socrates: Employ your time...

Employ your time improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily to what others have labored...

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Socrates: There is only...

Socrates: There is only...

There is only one good -- knowledge; and only one evil -- ignorance.

Source: In The...

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Socrates: When desire, having...

Socrates: When desire, having...

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the...

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Socrates: Living well and...

Socrates: Living well and...

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Source: Crito,...

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Socrates: But already it...

Socrates: But already it...

But already it is time to depart, for me to die, for you to go on living; which of us takes the better course, is...

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