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~ Socrates Quotes ~
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Socrates Quotes


A classical Greek Athenian philosopher.
Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.

Here are some famous quotes by   Socrates.




Know thyself.

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To do is to be.

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Wisdom begins in wonder.

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Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

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To find yourself think for yourself.

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What you cannot enforce do not command.

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An unexamined life is not worth living.

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« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2015, 10:27:25 AM »
As for me all I know is that I know nothing.

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He is richest who is content with the least.

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« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2015, 10:29:47 AM »
How many things there are which I do not want.

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Not life but good life is to be chiefly valued.

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The poets are only the interpreters of the gods.

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« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2015, 10:31:40 AM »
What most counts is not to live but to live aright.

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« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2015, 10:32:08 AM »
The fewer our wants the nearer we resemble the gods.