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Socrates Quotes

This is a universe that does not favor the timid Picture Quote #1

He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world Picture Quote #1

Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know Picture Quote #1

The examined life is the only life worth living Picture Quote #1

Wisest is he who knows he knows not Picture Quote #1

Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing Picture Quote #1

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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent Picture Quote #1

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher Picture Quote #1

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good Picture Quote #1

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death Picture Quote #1

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear Picture Quote #1

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him Picture Quote #1

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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature Picture Quote #1

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be Picture Quote #1

I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that... The apostle Paul was a tentmaker; socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic Picture Quote #1

All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat Picture Quote #1

Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing in deities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state Picture Quote #1

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul Picture Quote #1

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Socrates thought that if all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most persons would be contented to take their own and depart Picture Quote #1

I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, more and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt Picture Quote #1

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question Picture Quote #1

So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so.

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This is a universe that does not favor the timid (Socrates Quotes) He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world (Socrates Quotes) Wisdom is knowing what you don’t know (Socrates Quotes) The examined life is the only life worth living (Socrates Quotes) Wisest is he who knows he knows not (Socrates Quotes) Socrates wrote nothing. Christ wrote nothing (Socrates Quotes) As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent (Socrates Quotes) By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher (Socrates Quotes) I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good (Socrates Quotes) Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death (Socrates Quotes) The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear (Socrates Quotes) The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him (Socrates Quotes) He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature (Socrates Quotes) The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be (Socrates Quotes) I do not forget that I am a mechanic. I am proud to own it. Neither do I forget that... The apostle Paul was a tentmaker; socrates was a sculptor; and Archimedes was a mechanic (Socrates Quotes) All cats die. Socrates is dead. Therefore Socrates is a cat (Socrates Quotes) Socrates is guilty of corrupting the minds of the young, and of believing in deities of his own invention instead of the gods recognized by the state (Socrates Quotes) And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul (Socrates Quotes) Socrates thought that if all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most persons would be contented to take their own and depart (Socrates Quotes) I am a humanist because I think humanity can, with constant moral guidance, create reasonably decent societies. I think that young people who want to understand the world can profit from the works of Plato and Socrates, the behaviour of the three Thomases, Aquinas, more and Jefferson - the austere analyses of Immanuel Kant and the political leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt (Socrates Quotes) It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question (Socrates Quotes) So then there was the Greek, Socrates, he was great... He invented questioning. Before Socrates, no questioning. Everyone sort of went, ''Yeah, I suppose so." (Socrates Quotes)

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