Quotes about Socrates

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Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well — Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
It is indisputable that the being whose capacities of enjoyment are low, has the greatest chance of having them fully sa — John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism
Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care — Socrates
Socrates should have written comics. — Mark Waid
Do not trouble about those who practice philosophy, whether they are good or bad; but examine the thing itself well and — Socrates
It is the thought, not the incidentals of expression, that essentially makes an exposition unpopular. A systematic ribbo — Søren Kierkegaard, Stages on Life's Way
God takes away the minds of poets, and uses them as his ministers, as he also uses diviners and holy prophets, in order — Socrates
I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks — Plato, Apology
If you live as if you know nothing you offer yourself the opportunity to learn everything. — Kay Whitley, Out Loud: A collection of spoken word poetry
The most intriguing people you will encounter in this life are the people who had insights about you, that you didn't kn — Shannon L. Alder
For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is ou — Socrates
When Socrates said he knew nothing he still thought he knew more than anyone else. — Marty Rubin
If Socrates was alive today he would say : I know that I know everything. That's what contemporary philosophers do. — Ljupka Cvetanova, The New Land
I am as knowledgeable as Socrates I know nothing. — Debasish Mridha
In the West, people learn through the Socratic tradition. The education system was influenced by Western philosophy and — Sharanya Haridas
They say faith is taking the first step when you can’t see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator — Shannon L. Alder
What do you take me for? That fool Socrates, who upheld the law at the cost of his own death – just to be ironic? I susp — Benson Bruno, A Story That Talks about Talking Is Like Chatter to Chattering Teeth, and Every Set of Dentures Can Attest to the Fact That No..
If I save my insight, I don’t attend to weakness of eyesight. — Socrates
You won't find peace with another, until you become one person--not two. — Shannon L. Alder