He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
Quote by Socrates
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He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
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Socrates Quotes
- Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
- I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
- He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.
- True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
- Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
- Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.
- I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
- I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
- As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
- 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.
Best Quotes
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- I actually don't think that I'm that much smarter than anybody else. It's just that I frequently just seem to know what to do, and I think that's wisdom.
- I went to a football school, which meant that I went to a university that served up education and was simultaneously operating a sports franchise.
- There's never been a culture that wasn't obsessed with food. The sort of sad thing is that our obsession is no longer with food, but with the price of food.
- My argument is simple, which is, that for several thousand years in Western civilization, marriage has been the union of one man and one woman. Research is overwhelming that children need mothers and fathers.
- In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me.
- It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
- Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
- It's become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it's positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I'm really proud of the NHS.
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'