Socrates Quotes (59+)

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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.

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

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

Wisdom begins in wonder

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore, avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

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

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Let him who would be happy be virtuous.

The highest realms of thought are impossible to reach without first attaining an understanding of oneself.

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

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Socrates (c. 470–399 BC) was a classical Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is best known for the Socratic method of questioning and his famous assertion that 'the unexamined life is not worth living.'