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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...
I decided that...
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration,...
Let him that...
Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
Source: In Reader's...
If all our...
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be...
If a rich...
If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs...
Children today are...
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their...
I cannot teach...
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
Source: In Webster's...
Pay attention to...
Pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible.
Source: quoted...
How many things...
How many things I can do without!
Source: In Lives of the Eminent Philosophers, by...
Whenever, therefore, people...
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into...
The unexamined life...
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Source: Apology, (Plato)
-- Socrates,...
Wonder is the...
Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.
Source: In...
The beginning of...
The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.
Source: In The Book of Success,...
In every sort...
In every sort of danger, there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything...
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...
Employ your time...
Employ your time improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily to what others have labored...
There is only...
There is only one good -- knowledge; and only one evil -- ignorance.
Source: In
When desire, having...
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the...
Living well and...
Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
Source: Crito,...
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...