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Apology

Socrates

Top 10 Best Quotes

“My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.”

“One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing'.”

“Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.”

“All I know is that I know nothing.”

“The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.”

“No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.”

“I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.”

“Neither in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there is no doubt that if a man will throw away his arms, and fall on his knees before his pursuers, he may escape death; and in other dangers there are other ways of escaping death, if a man is willing to say and do anything. The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.”

“It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.”

“A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.”

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