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1 " Socrates: This man, on one hand, believes that he knows something, while not knowing [anything]. On the other hand, I – equally ignorant – do not believe [that I know anything]. "
― Plato , Apology
2 " For to fear death, men, is in fact nothing other than to seem to be wise, but not to be so. For it is to seem to know what one does not know: no one knows whether death does not even happen to be the greatest of all goods for the human being; but people fear it as though they knew well that it is the greatest of evils. "
3 " 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. "
4 " For to fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For no one knows whether death may not be the greatest good that can happen to man. "
5 " The State is like a great and noble steed who is tardy in his motions owing to his very size, and requires to be stirred into life. I am that gadfly which God has given the State and all day long and in all places am always fastening upon you, arousing and persuading and reproaching you. You will not easily find another like me. "
6 " 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. "
7 " 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. "
8 " ...a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. "
― Socrates , Apology
9 " 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. "
10 " You are wrong sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk of life or death; he should look to this only in his actions, whether what he does is right or wrong. "
11 " I am that gadfly which God has attached to the state, and all day long …arousing and persuading and reproaching…You will not easily find another like me. "
12 " The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. "
13 " Do you feel no compunction, Socrates, at having followed a line of action which puts you in danger of the death penalty?'I might fairly reply to him, 'You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He has only one thing to consider in performing any action--that is, whether he is acting rightly or wrongly, like a good man or a bad one. "
14 " El más honrado y el más sencillo no es reprimir a los demás, sino prepararse para ser lo mejor posible. "
15 " — O halde, hayatta olandan ne doğar?— Ölüm. — Ya ölü olandan ne doğar?— Hayatın doğduğunu itiraf etmek zorundayım. — Demek ki canlılar ve hayat ölülerden doğar Kebes. . . . Öyleyse ölülerin yaşayanlardan meydana geldiğini kabul ettiğimiz gibi, yaşayanların da ölülerden meydana geldiği noktasında da anlaştık. Vardığımız bu anlaşma doğruysa, ölülerin ruhlarının bir yerlerde bulunduğunu ve oradan yeniden hayata döndüğünü kanıtlamak için yeterli bir delildir. "
― Platón , Apology
16 " — Bence de olaylar anlattığım gibi Kebes ve böyle düşünmekle aldanmış değiliz. Yeniden doğuş var, canlılar ölülerden doğar, ölülerin ruhları yok olmaz ve iyi ruhları iyi, kötü ruhları da kötü bir talih bekler. "
17 " — Şimdiden herhangi bir yükümlülük altına girmeseniz bile, kendinize iyi bakarsanız hem bana, hem sevdiklerinize, hem de kendinize en büyük iyiliği yapmış olursunuz. Kendinizi ihmal eder ve şimdi ya da daha önce konuştuklarımıza uygun yaşamayı reddederseniz, şu an bana vereceğiniz sözlerin hiçbir anlamı kalmayacak.— Söylediklerini yerine getirmek için elinden geleni yapacağız, dedi Kriton. Ama cenazeni nasıl kaldırmamızı istersin?— Nasıl isterseniz öyle kaldırın. Yeter ki beni sıkı tutun ve sakın elinizden kaçırmayın. "
18 " İlk olarak, dünyanın gökyüzünün ortasında bulunduğuna ve yuvarlak olduğuna inanıyorum. Bulunduğu yerde durması ve düşmemesi için ne havaya ne de başka bir desteğe ihtiyaç duyar.-Sokrates "
19 " My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth. "
20 " One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing'. "
