He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either… — Socrates Copy Share Image
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice;… — Socrates Copy Share Image
For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown;… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I prefer to be refuted than to refute, for it is a greater good for oneself to be freed from the greatest… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Nobody knows what death is, nor whether to man it is perchance the greatest of blessings, yet people fear it as if… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know… — Socrates Copy Share Image
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. — Socrates Copy Share
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. — Socrates Copy Share
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates Copy Share
If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition in any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are… — Socrates Copy Share
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — Socrates Copy Share
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown; and no… — Socrates Copy Share
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is bad and… — Socrates Copy Share
Besides, it is a shame to let yourself grow old through neglect before seeing how you can develop the maximum beauty and strength of… — Socrates Copy Share
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates Copy Share
I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I exhort all… — Socrates Copy Share
The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning,… — Socrates Copy Share
