Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Socrates quotes, Socrates sayings, and Socrates proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Eat to live, not live to eat. Socrates
0
May the outward and inward man be at one. Socrates
0
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. Socrates
0
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.Socrates
1
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know? Socrates
1
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.Socrates
1
To find yourself, think for yourself.Socrates
1
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.Socrates
3
An unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates
1
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.Socrates
0
It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.Socrates
1
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.Socrates
0
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.Socrates
2
To find yourself, think for yourself. Socrates
2
The secret to change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.Socrates
1
The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.Socrates
0
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.Socrates
0
To find yourself, think for yourself.Socrates
0
Let him that would move the world first move himself.Socrates
0
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.Socrates
0
The hottest love has the coldest end.Socrates
0
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.Socrates
0
He is rich who is content with the least; for contentment is the wealth of nature.Socrates
1
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.Socrates
0
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the newSocrates
0
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.Socrates
0
To find yourself, think for yourself.Socrates
1
The hottest love has the coldest end.Socrates
0
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.Socrates
0
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant.Socrates