Quotes About Socrates Athens

#1. Socrates may have thought himself to be the wisest in Athens, but King Solomon was the wisest in the world. With all his philosophy Socrates died a poor man, and with all his wisdom King Solomon died a rich man.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#2. I guess, all he was ever guilty of, was making me fall in love with him, and making me believe that he liked me too.
But I guess that's just what boys do.

Hasti Williams

#3. What is it about our expectations, plans, or ideas that hold such sway over us? It is as if we've written a script for a play of our lives that runs about a month ahead of actual life; if reality varies from what we've created in our minds we disengage or pout.

Holly Sprink

#4. I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.

Socrates

#5. Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

Jostein Gaarder

#6. Chains of gold are still chains.

Robert Thier

#7. Human nature, dear, is very much the same everywhere. It is more difficult to observe it closely in a city, that is all.

Agatha Christie

#8. For I am certain, O men of Athens, that if I had engaged in politics, I should have perished long ago and done no good either to you or to myself.

Plato

#9. Could I climb the highest place in Athens, I would lift up my voice and proclaim, Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth, and talk so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all?

Socrates

#10. Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.

Mae West

#11. Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.

Elliott Abrams

#12. He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience
and the truth
higher than life.

Jostein Gaarder

#13. The most beautiful eyes are those that seek beauty in others.

Unknown

#14. We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

Ferdinand Mount

#15. The story is told of Socrates walking through the market in Athens, with its groaning abundance of options, and saying to himself, "Who would have thought that there could be so many things that I can do without?"4

Os Guinness