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Quotes By Socrates

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Philosopher

Socrates

c.470 BC - 399 BC

We are what we think we are.

How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly.

Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

The real danger in life is not death, but living an evil life.

My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves.

I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

He is the richest who is content with the least.

I call myself a Peaceful Warrior... because the battles we fight are on the inside.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.

I am a fool, but I know I'm a fool and that makes me smarter than you.

Marry or marry not, in any either case you'll regret it.

Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.

The more I learn, the less I realize I know.

When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior.

Understanding a question is half an answer.