Socrates' famous sayings

1. I know my ignorance, I know that I am ignorant.

2. Unexamined life is worthless or: an unexplored life is not worth living

3. Before many people, my tongue is especially healthy.

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

5. Don't rely on gifts to get a friend

6. Tell me your friend, I know what kind of person you are.

7. In this world, in addition to the sun, the air, the water and the smile, what else do we need!

8. I am going to die, you go to live, whoever is happier, only God knows. Or I am going to die, you go to live, whoever goes well, only God knows.

9. I walk around and don't do anything else, just ask you, regardless of age, not to care about your body, but to protect your soul.

10. For philosophers, death is the last self-fulfillment. It is a matter of no choice, because it opens the door to true knowledge. The soul is freed from the shackles of the flesh and finally realizes the visual realm of the bright heaven.

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

12. Anything that can be done better is lazy!

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

14. When you are angry, close your mouth so as not to increase your anger.

15. If I can endure my wife, I can endure anyone!

16. A good marriage only brings you happiness, and a bad marriage can make you a philosopher.

17. No one is not good because he knows good

18. Any definitive experiment shows that any physical or mental illness can be alleviated by vegetarianism and pure water.

19. I am not only a citizen of Athens, I am also a citizen of the world.

20. The less our needs are, the closer we are to God.

21. The gods have preserved their understanding of the most important things for themselves.

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

23. Know yourself to be able to know life.

24. Beauty is difficult

25. Virtue is knowledge or: Virtue is knowledge, ignorance is the source of evil

26. Ignorance is evil

27. Others live for food, and I eat for survival.

28. Wisdom means knowing ignorance

29. I only know one thing in my life, why I am so ignorant.

30. There are two kinds of people in this world, one is a happy pig and the other is a painful person. People who are suffering, not happy pigs.

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

32. Men live by construction and forget that women live by their own.

33. Only reason is the most valuable

34. I know very well that I have no wisdom, no matter big or small.

35. Education is a tool and method that seduce our hearts

36. The most effective method of education is not to tell people the answers, but to ask them questions.

37. To learn from me, you must have a strong desire to seek knowledge, just as you have a strong desire to survive.

38. Thoughts should be born in the hearts of students, and teachers should only do things like midwives.

39. Everyone has a sun, mainly how to make it shine.

40. Education is not instilling, but igniting the flames.

41. The problem is a midwife, which can help the birth of new ideas.

42. The best person is yourself.

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