66 Famous Quotes and Sayings by Socrates - Words of Wisdom (Part 2)
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23. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
– Socrates
24. The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
– Socrates
25. Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
– Socrates
26. Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.
– Socrates
27. If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
– Socrates
28. Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
– Socrates
29. The unexamined life is not worth living.
– Socrates
30. I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. (Plato's Apology)
– Socrates
31. I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
– Socrates
32. If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
– Socrates
33. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
– Socrates
34. He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
– Socrates
35. Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
– Socrates
36. Science says 'We must live,' and seeks the means of prolonging, increasing, facilitating and amplifying life, of making it tolerable and acceptable, wisdom says 'We must die,' and seeks how to make us die well.
– Socrates
37. The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like him.
– Socrates
38. Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
– Socrates
39. Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
– Socrates
40. Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
– Socrates
41. I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
– Socrates
42. When the debate is over, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
– Socrates
43. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
– Socrates
44. Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
– Socrates
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