Quotes by Socrates

Socrates

Greek philosopher

Alive from: 469 BC - 399 BC

Category: Philosophers

Quotes 46 till 60 of 66.

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  The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

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  The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow.

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  The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

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  The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

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  The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.

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  The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

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  The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.

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  The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

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  The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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  The unexamined life is not worth living.

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  The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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  There is only one good - knowledge; and only one evil - ignorance.

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  They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.

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  Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

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  True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.