Apology Plato Quotes & Sayings

To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not; for it is to think one knows what one does not know. No man knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest blessing for a human being; and yet people fear it as if they knew for certain that is is the greatest of evil. (Socrates in The Apology) — Plato

At any rate, the man proposes death as my desert...I, being convinced indeed that I do not do injustice to anyone, am far from doing injustice to myself, and from saying against myself that I myself am worthy of something bad, and from proposing this sort of thing as
my desert... Well, should I propose exile, then? For perhaps you would grant me this as my desert. — Plato

Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others. — Bill Vaughan

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart! v Try me and know my thoughts! [3] 24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and w lead me in x the way everlasting! [4] — Anonymous

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. — Plato

Don't ask any questions and you won't hear any lies. — Alison Goodman

great events have incalculable results. — Victor Hugo

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. — Plato

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. — Clement Attlee

I'm never standing still and that makes my life pretty exciting. — Maria Sharapova

Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion. — Orla Brady

I thought to myself: I am wiser than this man; neither of us probably knows anything that is really good, but he thinks he has knowledge, when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think I have. — Plato

For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one knows whether death, which they in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. Is there not here conceit of knowledge, which is a disgraceful sort of ignorance? And this is the point in which, as I think, I am superior to men in general, and in which I might perhaps fancy myself wiser than other men, - that whereas I know but little of the world below, I do not suppose that I know: but I do know that injustice and disobedience to a better, whether God or man, is evil and dishonorable, and I will never fear or avoid a possible good rather than a certain evil. — Socrates