In daily study, work and life, everyone has heard or used some classic quotes. Quotations can be used to spur ourselves, help us maintain a good mental state and build confidence. Still having trouble finding great quotes? The following are the English composition materials for the college entrance examination that I carefully compiled: Socrates' famous quotes in English for your reference. I hope it can help friends in need.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Curiosity is the beginning of wisdom.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle in some form.
To find yourself, think for yourself.
To find yourself, you must think independently.
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.
Better get married; If you find a good wife, you will become happy; if you find a bad wife, you will become a philosopher.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
Great minds discuss Tao, medium minds discuss things, and small minds discuss people.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
He is not satisfied with what he has, nor will he be satisfied with what he wants. .
If you don*t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don*t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can*t hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
If you don’t get what you want, you will be miserable; if you get what you don’t want, you will be miserable; even if you get what you want, you will be miserable because you can never catch it . Your thoughts are your dilemma. It wants to be protected from change. Free from worries, free from the obligations of life and death. But change is the rule, and no amount of illusions can conceal this reality.
Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents , chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.
Our young people today love luxury. They are impolite and disdain authority; they disrespect their elders and love to chatter; they stop getting up when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents and chatter at parties; they hog their food and bully their teachers.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
See who cares about tearing it down.
Know thyself.
Know thyself.
Let him who would move the world first move himself.
If he wants to change the world, he must first change himself.
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
The ability to enjoy subtleties as you grow.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Slander becomes the tool of the loser.
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
Every action has its pleasures and its price.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
old, but build new.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men*s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men*s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
On the Internet, you can easily obtain what others have learned with difficulty.
The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows.
The hour of departure It has come, we part ways, I die, you live. Which of the two is better, only God knows.
Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
Envy is the tumor of the soul.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
Understanding a question is half an answer.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Beware of the barrenness of a busy life.
Beware of the barrenness of a busy life.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
You eat to live; live not to eat.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
A time when we understand so little about life, ourselves and the world around us.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
;But adults being afraid of light is the real tragedy of life.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
Be as you wish to seem.
As you wish.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
honors received).
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
True The important thing is not to live, but to live better. And living well means there are more interesting things in life, living according to your principles.
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
There is an indulgent nature of the beast, and this also happens in sleep.
One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
Man, no matter how others mistreat him.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
He is the richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Those who always praise your words and deeds must not be loyal friends. Loyalty means Point out your mistakes gently.
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.
Fear death, gentlemen, (...omitted...). No one knows that death may not be the happiest thing for a person, and people fear it as if they know it is the greatest evil.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of -- for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Reputation is a jewel as rich as fire; once you have it, you can Save it, but if you once extinguish it, you'll find it a difficult task to reignite it. One way to gain a good reputation is to strive to be who you want to be.