Quotes by Socrates (Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC))
- “The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
by Socrates - “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.”
by Socrates - “True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”
by Socrates - “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
by Socrates - “Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.”
by Socrates - “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
by Socrates - “Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
by Socrates - “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
by Socrates - “Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”
by Socrates - “The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
by Socrates - “Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
by Socrates - “I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.”
by Socrates - “Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”
by Socrates - “Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
by Socrates - “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.”
by Socrates - “He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”
by Socrates - “Wisdom begins in wonder.”
by Socrates - “True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
by Socrates - “I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.”
by Socrates - “Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”
by Socrates