Socrates
Quotes
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Known for his Socratic method, he believed that the path to wisdom lies in asking probing questions and engaging in critical thinking. He championed the pursuit of truth, virtue, and the development of moral character. His dialogues, preserved by his students, continue to shape philosophical discourse, urging individuals to examine their lives and seek knowledge.
Socrates
Quotes
A classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. Known for his Socratic method, he believed that the path to wisdom lies in asking probing questions and engaging in critical thinking. He championed the pursuit of truth, virtue, and the development of moral character. His dialogues, preserved by his students, continue to shape philosophical discourse, urging individuals to examine their lives and seek knowledge.
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.
To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessings of human beings. And yet people fear it as if they knew for certain it is the greatest evil.
Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.
What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?
In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.
Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom and truth and the greatest improvement of the soul?
Only the knowledge that comes from inside is the real Knowledge.
I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.
I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.
Be as you wish to seem.
The body cannot be cured without regard for the soul.
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.
The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.
She soars on her own wings.
Let us follow the truth whither so ever it leads.
You don't know what you don't know.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit.
A free soul ought not to pursue any study slavishly, for nothing that is learned under compulsion stays with the mind.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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