Socrates Quotes

Socrates was a classical Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher, of the Western ethical tradition of thought.An enigmatic figure, he made no writings, and is known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers writing after his lifetime, particularly his students Plato and Xenophon. Other sources include the contemporaneous Antisthenes, Aristippus, and Aeschines of Sphettos. Aristophanes, a playwright, is the only source to have written during his lifetime.

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

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- Nature
- Trust
- Woman
Fear of women love more than hate the man.

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- Love
- Man
- Fear

All things in moderation, including moderation.

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It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one.

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- Better
- Suffer
- Injustice
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

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- Divine
- Souls
- Immortal
Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.

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The more I learn, the less I realize I know.

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- Know
- Learn
- Realize
A multitude of books distracts the mind.

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- Mind
- Books
- Multitude

Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

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- World
- Man
- Earth
Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

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- Silence
- Hear
- Melody
No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.

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- Man
- Government
- Learned
There is no learning without remembering.

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- Learning
- Remembering
I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.

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- Believe
- Know
- Human
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.

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- Life
- Believing
- Told

Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.

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- Truth
- Lies
- Murder
I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

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- World
- Citizen
- Greece
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.

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- Parents
- Wisdom
- Reverence
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

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- Has
- Contented
- Like To
I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.

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To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.

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- Know
- Wisdom
- Beginning

Death offers mankind a full view of truth.

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- Truth
- Death
- View
Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.

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- Want
- Things
- Gods
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

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- Good
- Power
- Harm
The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.

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- Soul
- Evil
- Language