Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher, and together with his student Plato and Plato’s student Aristotle, he was known as the Three Greek Sages. He is considered the founder of Western philosophy. As a citizen of Athens, it is recorded that Socrates was finally sentenced to death by the Athenian court for insulting the gods of Athens and corrupting the minds of Athenian youth. Although Socrates was given the opportunity to escape, he still chose to drink poisonous pansy juice and die because he believed that escape would only further undermine the authority of Athenian law, and also because he was worried that after his escape, Athens would no longer have good mentors. Educate people. Next are the famous quotes about Socrates that I compiled for you. I hope you will like them.

Collection of Socrates' Quotes

1. A willing man is inspired by good hope when he endures suffering, just as a hunter can rejoice He endures the fatigue with pleasure because he has the hope of hunting wild beasts.

2. Virtue is knowledge, and ignorance is the source of evil.

3. The more you know, the less you know.

4. I know my ignorance, I know my ignorance.

5. An unexamined life is not worth living.

6. The happiest thing in the world is to fight for the truth.

7. Secret love is the most beautiful love in the world.

8. Don’t rely on gifts to gain a friend.

9. Tell me your friends and I will know what kind of person you are.

10. In this world, besides sunshine, air, water and smiles, what else do we need!

11. I only know one thing, that is, I don’t know anything.

12. Anyone who could have done better is considered lazy!

13. People can make mistakes, but they cannot make the same mistake.

14. When you are angry, keep your mouth shut to avoid increasing your anger.

15. If I can tolerate my wife, I can tolerate anyone else!

16. A good marriage only brings you happiness, while a bad marriage only brings you happiness. Can make you a philosopher.

17. If the pain of everyone in the world were put together and you were asked to choose, you might still be willing to choose your original share.

18. When a willing man endures suffering, he is inspired by good hope, just as a hunter can endure fatigue happily because he has the hope of hunting wild beasts.

19. Adversity is the highest school for training people.

20. If all people’s disasters were piled up and then redistributed, then I believe that most people would be very satisfied with taking their original share.

21. Bad people live to eat and drink, but good people eat and drink to live.

22. At the door of death, what we have to consider is not the emptiness of life, but its importance.

23. Destiny is the shadow of opportunity.

24. Ignorance is sin.

25. Others live for food, but I eat for survival.

26. Wisdom means knowing one’s ignorance.

27. Problems are the midwives, they help the birth of new ideas.

28. Men live by forgetting, and women live by remembering.

29. Only reason is the most valuable.

30. I know very clearly that I have no wisdom, no matter how big or small.

31. Education is a tool and method to seduce our hearts.

32. The most effective way to educate is not to tell people the answers, but to ask them questions.

33. If you want to learn knowledge from me, you must first have a strong desire for knowledge, just like you have a strong desire to survive.

34. Ideas should be born in the hearts of students, and teachers should just act like midwives.

35. There is a sun in everyone, the main thing is how to make it shine.

36. Education is not indoctrination, but igniting a flame.

37. No one refuses to do good just because he knows good.

38. Those who want to control the world must first be able to control themselves.

39. Many races fail because they fail in the last few steps. Running the road you should run is no longer easy, but running to the end is certainly even more difficult.

40. Whether a person can achieve success only depends on whether he has self-esteem and self-confidence.

Selection of Socrates’ famous sayings

1. Only by hoping for a little can you get close to the highest happiness.

2. Don’t rely on gifts to gain friends. You must devote your sincere love and learn how to win someone's heart in the right way.

3. Humility is the sweet root hidden in the soil, from which all noble virtues sprout and grow.

4. Even if a rich person is proud of his wealth, do not praise him until he knows how to use his wealth.

5. Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

6. Humility is the sweet root hidden in the soil, from which all noble virtues sprout and grow.

7. The most promising winners are not those with outstanding talents but those who are best at exploiting every opportunity.

8. When many people hesitate on a road, they have to give way to a main road and let those who cherish time rush in front of them.

9. The happiest thing in the world is to fight for your ideals. Philosophers tell us that the happiness of "doing good" comes from morality. Those who strive for their ideals will surely achieve this kind of happiness, because the essence of ideals contains moral value.

10. Do you think that beauty and goodness are two completely different things? Don’t you know that anything that is beautiful from a certain point of view is also good from the same point of view?

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