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Socrates Quote
 | Source/Notes: Socrates quoted by Plato in: Republic, 354b-c (conclusion of book I) |
| “The children now love luxury, they have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their teachers.” ―Socrates Source/Notes: Probably apocryphal. May have been originated from the comedy The Clouds by Aristophanes |
| “My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.” ―Socrates Source/Notes: Probably spurious. Variant: "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." |
| Source/Notes: As quoted by Plato in "Apology" |
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Socrates
Nationality: Greek
Occupation: Philosopher
Bio: Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes.
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