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.'
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates
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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.Socrates
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No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or death.Socrates
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A promise should be given with caution and kept with care. Socrates
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My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.Socrates
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.Socrates
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By all means marry; of you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.Socrates
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False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.Socrates
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.Socrates
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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.Socrates
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.Socrates
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All thinking begins with wondering.Socrates
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The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.Socrates
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By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.Socrates
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Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.Socrates
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The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.Socrates
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Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. Socrates
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Contentment is natural wealth; luxury is artificial poverty.Socrates
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Contentment is the soil in which true joy grows.Socrates
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.Socrates
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Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.Socrates
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The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.Socrates
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Self-awareness is a way of healing from unconscious conflict since it offers an opportunity for the individual to analyze the nature of his or her interpersonal relationships and with the self. Socrates
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Children nowadays are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.Socrates
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Wealth is a lot of things that a man can do without.Socrates
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Be as you wish to seem.Socrates
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The best seasoning for food is hunger for drink, thirst. Socrates
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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher and wisdom begins in wonder.Socrates
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.Socrates
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If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition...Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.Socrates