Socrates Quotes and Sayings

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Socrates was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known only through the classical accounts of his students. Plato's dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity.[

Some famous Socrates quotes

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.


It is not living that matters, but living rightly.



Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.


Envy is the ulcer of the soul