
List of quotes from Socrates
"When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser."
by Socrates
"Death may be the greatest of all human blessings."
by Socrates
"And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all."
by Socrates
"True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing."
by Socrates
"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."
by Phaedrus Quoted in: Plato Socrates
"Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing."
by Crito Plato Socrates
"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."
by In Apology Plato. Socrates
"When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . ."
by Phaedrus Quoted in: Plato Socrates
"To find yourself, think for yourself."
by Socrates The Apology
"If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."
by Socrates
"The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them."
by Socrates
"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."
by Socrates