Top 25 Socrates Quotes

Here we have put together a list of the 25 best quotes by Socrates.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Top 25 Socrates Quotes and Sayings

25

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

― Socrates


24

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.

― Socrates


23

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

― Socrates


22

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

― Socrates


21

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

― Socrates


20

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

― Socrates


19

Be as you wish to seem.

― Socrates


18

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.

― Socrates


17

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

― Socrates


16

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.

― Socrates


15

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

― Socrates


Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

14

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

― Socrates


13

To find yourself, think for yourself.

― Socrates


12

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

― Socrates


11

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.

― Socrates


10

Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.

― Socrates


9

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

― Socrates


8

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

― Socrates


7

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

― Socrates


6

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

― Socrates


5

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

― Socrates


4

I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.

― Socrates


3

The unexamined life is not worth living.

― Socrates


2

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

― Socrates


1

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

― Socrates


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