Socrates Quotes
Browse 15 quotes from Socrates, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Eat to live, do not live to eat.”
“Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”
“Let him that would move the world first move himself.”
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
“Know thyself.”
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
“Think for yourself and question everything.”
“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
“I know that I know nothing.”
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
“Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.”
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
“To move the world we must first move ourselves.”
