Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, and as being the first moral philosopher of the Western ethical tradition of thought.
Death is one of two things. Either it is annihilation, and the dead have no consciousness of anything; or, as we are told, it is really a change: a migration of the soul from one place to another. – Socrates
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. – Socrates
Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively. – Socrates
Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, sincerity, simplicity, veracity, equanimity, Fixity, non-irritability, adaptability, Humility, tenacity, integrity, nobility, magnanimity, charity, generosity, purity. Practice daily these eighteen “ities” You will soon attain immortality. – Socrates
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. – Socrates
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. – Socrates
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. – Socrates
Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit. – 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
Know Thyself. – Socrates
Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks? – Socrates
Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds. – Socrates
Man, know thyself. – Socrates
So you would rather suffer an injustice than do an injustice? – Socrates
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. – Socrates
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