Q0104

Socrates

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English

Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue come money and all other good things for human beings.
Thinker Socrates
School Socratic School
Source Plato, Apology 30a–b
Theme Virtue
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Source context

This English passage is associated with Plato, Apology 30a–b, within the tradition of Socratic School. The wording below is a verified rendering prepared for careful reading rather than a claim of unique translation authority.

A short reading

Read in the register of virtue, the sentence asks the reader to test an assumption rather than to collect a slogan. In Socrates's wider work, similar claims are usually offered as prompts for judgment: what would have to be true for the sentence to hold, and what would follow if it did?

How to cite this quotation

APA: Socrates. (n.d.). Virtue does not come from money, but from virtue come money and all other good things for human beings. In Philosophy Blind Box. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0104

MLA: Socrates. “Virtue does not come from money, but from….” Philosophy Blind Box, https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0104.

Chicago: Socrates. “Virtue does not come from money, but from….” Philosophy Blind Box. Accessed 2026. https://www.philosophydef.com/quotes/q0104.

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  2. What I do not know, I do not claim to know.
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  4. No one errs willingly.
  5. One must never do injustice in any way.

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