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Socrates Quotes about Life

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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

Life, Words Of Wisdom, Tools

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Inspirational, Life, Happiness

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto.

Life, Letting Go, Perspective

To find yourself, think for yourself.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

In Plato 'Apology' 38a

Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.

Inspirational, Life, Reading

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

Life, Crush, Way

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Life, Time, Simple

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

Life, Drinking, Reality

"The Skinny Budget Die". Book by Linda Goff, 2013.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Life, Wisdom, Being Yourself

Every action has its pleasures and its price.

Life, Action, Pleasure

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

Life, Childhood, Age

The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.

Life, Important, Principles

Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent and honorable in their intercourse with all men, bearing easily and good naturedly what is offensive in others and being as agreeable and reasonable to their associates as is humanly possible to be... those who hold their pleasures always under control and are not ultimately overcome by their misfortunes... those who are not spoiled by their successes, who do not desert their true selves but hold their ground steadfastly as wise and sober - minded men.

Life, Success, Education

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

Life, Change, Strength

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

Life, Money, Men

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

You too must be of good hope as regards death, gentlemen of the jury, and keep this one truth in mind, that a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. What has happened to me now has not happened of itself, but it is clear to me that it was better for me to die now and to escape from trouble. That is why my divine sign did not oppose me at any point. So I am certainly not angry with those who convicted me, or with my accusers. Of course that was not their purpose when they accused and convicted me, but they thought they were hurting me, and for this they deserve blame.

Life, Pain, Men

"The Apology". Book by Plato, translated by G.M.A. Grube,

Be true to thine own self.

Inspirational, Life, Self

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

Life, Matter, Treatment

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Inspirational, Life, Beauty

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study”

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Life, Beauty, Kindness

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death

Life, Death, Cheer

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Life, Live Well, Wells

Crito (quoted by Plato)

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

Life, Remember, Speak

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

Inspirational, Life, Meaningful

"Theaetetus" by Plato,

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