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Quotes by Socrates
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"He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy."
Socrates"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."
Socrates"Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."
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."
Socrates"The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be."
Socrates"I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing."
Socrates"To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge."
Socrates"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."
Socrates"Beware the barrenness of a busy life."
Socrates"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."
Socrates"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
Socrates"Wisdom begins in wonder."
Socrates"Be as you wish to seem."
Socrates"True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us."
Socrates"He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature."
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."
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