Socrates Quotes: Thoughts with Images
Socrates was a Great Greek Philosopher. His thoughts and moral teaching make him one of the most influenced philosophers of western history. Plato was his student. He is considered as a founder of Western Philosophy. Here is a beautiful collection of Socrates' quotes on love, life, democracy, and death. so let us read some of the most amazing quotes of Socrates.
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Socrates quotes on Love, Life, and Death.
1. “Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they're fools, and fools who think they are wise.” ~ Socrates
2. "Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live." ~ Socrates |
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3. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." ~ Socrates
4. "The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better, God only knows." ~ Socrates
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5. "Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant." ~ Socrates
6. "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates
7. "Injustice and intemperance, and in general the depravity of the soul, are the greatest of evils." ~ Socrates
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8. "One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice." ~ Socrates
9. "True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us." ~ Socrates
10. "The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear." ~ Socrates
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11. "When riches and virtue are placed together in the scales of the balance, the one always rises as the other falls."
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12. "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."~ Socrates
13. "All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine" ~ Socrates
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14. "From the deepest desires can come the deadliest hate." ~ Socrates
15. "Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods." ~ Socrates
16. "Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults." ~ Socrates
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17. "The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him." ~ Socrates
18 "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."
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19. "The mind is everything; what you think you become." ~ Socrates
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20. "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think." ~ Socrates
21. "The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. " ~ Socrates
22. "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have." ~ Socrates
23. "All human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them." ~ Socrates
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24. "When riches and virtue are placed together in the scales of the balance, the one always rises as the other falls." ~ Socrates
25. "The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."~ Socrates
26. "Too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with an ill bringing-up, are far more fatal than total ignorance." ~ Socrates
27. "It is fear and terror that makes all men brave, except the philosophers." ~ Socrates
28. "The restoration of the natural state is a pleasure." ~ Socrates
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29. "Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity." ~ Socrates
30. "The secret to happiness, you see, is not in gaining more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." ~ Socrates
31. "If death was the end of all, the wicked would have a good bargain in dying." ~ Socrates
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32. "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for." ~ Socrates
33. "He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."~ Socrates
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34. "False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil." ~ Socrates
35. "I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." ~ Socrates
36. "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance" ~ Socrates
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37. "Knowing that you know nothing makes you the smartest of all." ~ Socrates
38. "Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity. " ~ Socrates
39. "Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. " ~ Socrates
40. " The secret of change is to spend your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new" ~ Socrates
41. "Strong minds discuss ideas, Average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people." ~ Socrates
42. " An unexamined life is not worth living. ~Socrates "
43. "Those who are confident without knowledge are not courageous, but mad" ~ Socrates
38. "Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity or undue depression in adversity. " ~ Socrates
39. "Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. " ~ Socrates
40. " The secret of change is to spend your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new" ~ Socrates
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41. "Strong minds discuss ideas, Average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people." ~ Socrates
42. " An unexamined life is not worth living. ~Socrates "
43. "Those who are confident without knowledge are not courageous, but mad" ~ Socrates
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