50 Socrates’ classic sayings

1. Ignorance is sin.

2. If you put the pain of everyone in the world together and let you choose, you may still be willing to choose your original share.

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

5. A truly wise person is one who can use the wisdom of others to prevent himself from being deceived.

6. People who do not understand the true meaning of work regard work as hard labor.

7. The fewer our needs, the closer we are to God.

8. I meet the world, and I eclipse the world. I have fulfilled my mission and reunited myself with all living beings.

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

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

13. The best person is yourself.

14. I follow the footsteps of truth like a hound.

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

17. The most promising successful people are not those with outstanding talents, but those who are best at using every opportunity to explore and develop.

20. 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.

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

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

24. A good marriage can only bring you happiness, but a bad marriage can make you a philosopher.

25. Good habits are the best clothes a person can wear in social situations.

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

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

28. Love is like picking wheat ears in a wheat field. If you fail, you will come back empty-handed.

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

30. Only by looking forward to a little can you get close to the highest happiness.

31. Only by knowing yourself can you know life.

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

33. Adversity is the highest school for human beings to acquire knowledge, and difficulties are the door for humans to acquire wisdom.

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

35. If we pile everyone's misfortunes into a pile and share them equally, most people will be willing to accept a share and leave happily.

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

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

38. 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.

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

40. Adversity is the highest school for training people.

41. I meet the world and gather with all living beings.

42. Wisdom means knowing one’s ignorance.

43. An unexamined life is worthless.

44. When you are angry, shut your mouth tightly to avoid increasing your anger.

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

46. For writers, writing less is as harmful as doctors lacking the opportunity to diagnose illnesses.

47. 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.

48. Destiny is the shadow of opportunity.

49. Those who want to control the world must first control themselves.

50. The most passionate love will have the coldest ending.