Socrates - Top 10 Inspirational Quotes

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Socrates, without a doubt was one of the greatest philosophers of all time. He was a simple man, with integrity and someone who truely enjoyed questioning people about their life and purpose. Credited for being one the founders of Western philosophy, Socrates is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, such as Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of Aristophanes.

This is HellasFrappe's Top Ten Socrates Quotes List!

1. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
2. The unexamined life is not worth living.
3. There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
4. I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
5. Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
6. To find yourself, think for yourself.
7. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
8. 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.
9. Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
10. Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.