Quotes by Socrates

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

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Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

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As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

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An honest man is always a child.

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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

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Let him that would move the world first move himself.

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It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

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If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it...

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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but...

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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

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