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.

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
If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.

Socrates
- Want
- Wrong
- Follow

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

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- Gift
- Mankind
- Blessing
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.

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- Life
- Soul
- Wisdom
An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

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- Money
- Education
- Worse
In every person there is a sun. Just let them shine.

Socrates
- Person
- Sun
- Shine
The years wrinkle our skin, but lack of enthusiasm wrinkles our soul.

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- Soul
- Years
- Enthusiasm
Understanding a question is half an answer.

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Knowing thyself is the height of wisdom.

Socrates
- Wisdom
- Knowing
- Height
It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates
- Life
- Individual
- Virtue
All thinking begins with wondering.

Socrates
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

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- Hate
- Desires
- Often
Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.

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I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.

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- Know
- Fool
- Smarter

It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.

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- Death
- Difficult
- Runs
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

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- Lost
- Debate
- Loser
True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge.

Socrates
- Knowledge
- Wisdom
- Limits
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.

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- Man
- Beauty
- Manner
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Socrates
- God
- Best
- Knows
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

Socrates
- Life
- Important
- Really

If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.

Socrates
- World
- Beauty
- Virtue
The universe really is motion & nothing else.

Socrates
- Universe
- Really
- Motion
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

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- Done
- Others
- Angers
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Socrates
- World
- Live
- Honor