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Socrates Quotes

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I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can... And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all other men to do the same... I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict. Socrates
For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no one know whether death, which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Is not this ignorance of a disgraceful sort, the ignorance which is the conceit that a man knows that he does not know? And in this respect only I believe myself to differ from men in general, and may perhaps claim to be wiser than they are: that whereas I... Socrates
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils. Socrates
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for. Socrates
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for. Socrates
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively. Socrates
Socrates quote: "Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every..."
Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing which men have. . . comes from virtue. Socrates
Socrates quote: "All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous..."
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. Socrates

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