Greek Quotes

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"Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?"

-- Socrates

"Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks?"

-- Socrates

"What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be."

-- Socrates

"What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be."

-- Socrates

"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

-- Socrates

"The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear."

-- Socrates

"The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves."

-- Socrates

"The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves."

-- Socrates

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

-- Socrates

"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."

-- Socrates

"Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers."

-- Socrates

"Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers."

-- Socrates

"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."

-- Socrates

"Envy is the ulcer of the soul."

-- Socrates

"Let him who would move the world first move himself."

-- Socrates

"Let him who would move the world first move himself."

-- Socrates

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

-- Socrates

"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less."

-- Socrates

"Know thyself."

-- Socrates

"Know thyself."

-- Socrates

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

-- Socrates

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

-- Socrates

"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."

-- Socrates

"Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel."

-- Socrates

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

-- Socrates

"To find yourself, think for yourself."

-- Socrates

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

-- Socrates

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

-- Socrates

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

-- Socrates

"He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have."

-- Socrates

"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."

-- Socrates

"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."

-- Socrates

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

-- Socrates

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

-- Socrates

"Men can only think. Women have a way of understanding without thinking."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"Men can only think. Women have a way of understanding without thinking."

-- Rabindranath Tagore

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for and I hate very much to leave it."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world."

-- Bill Gates

"I've been very lucky, and therefore I owe it to try and reduce the inequity in the world."

-- Bill Gates

"If somebody is doing something that is useful to the rest of society, I think that's a good thing."

-- Elon Musk

"If somebody is doing something that is useful to the rest of society, I think that's a good thing."

-- Elon Musk