Quotes by Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.

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If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for all time; and in — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value. — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed in di — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...I have had a remarkable experience. In the past the prophetic voice to which I have become accustomed has always been — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[T]hose who care about their souls and do not subordinate them to the body dissociate themselves firmly from these ot — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[T]hese people... are my dangerous accusers because those who hear them suppose that anyone who inquires into such ma — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
If it were said that without such bones and sinews and all the rest of them I should not be able to do what I think is r — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from absolute Beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absol — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[W]hen death comes to a man, the mortal part of him dies, but the immortal part retires at the approach of death and — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[Y]ou know very well the truth of what I [say]... I have incurred a great deal of bitter hostility; and this is what — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
Suppose... that you acquit me... Suppose that, in view of this, you said to me 'Socrates, on this occasion we shall disr — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[S]ome of the opinions which people entertain should be respected, and others should not. — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
I am convinced that I never wrong anyone intentionally... — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[M]en are put in a sort of guard-post, from which one must not release one's self or run away... — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...I do not think that it is right for a man to appeal to the jury or to get himself acquitted by doing so; he ought to — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[F]rom me you shall hear the whole truth; not, I can assure you, gentlemen, in flowery language... decked out with fi — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[T]he really important thing is not to live, but to live well... [a]nd to live well means the same thing as to live h — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
Do you imagine that a city can continue to exist and not be turned upside down, if the legal judgments which are pronoun — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...[I]f at the time of its release the soul is tainted and impure, because it has always associated with the body and ca — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.
...I do not believe that the law of God permits a better man to be harmed by a worse. No doubt my accuser might put me t — Socrates, Apology, Crito and Phaedo of Socrates.