» Add Quotes to Your Site - Quote Generatoradd quote of the day, random quotes or by topic (e.g. funny quotes) Quote DB :: Authors :: Socrates :: View Quote View Quote "An unexamined life is not worth living." - Copy to Clipboard -- Socrates Listed in: Philosophy Add Quote To Your Quote List Rating: 4.56 Rate Quote 239 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Top 5 quotes from Socrates "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." "If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it." "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." "Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty." "Let him that would move the world first move himself." Top 5 quotes from Philosophy "I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law." "My advice to you is to get married. If you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not you'll become a philosopher." "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy." "The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next." "Never judge a philosophy by its abuse."