When a woman is allowed to become a man's equal, she becomes his superior. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward may be one. — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring… — Socrates Copy Share Image
A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Neither I nor any other man should, on trial or in way, contrive to avoid death at any cost. — Socrates Copy Share Image
To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity. — Socrates Copy Share Image
I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates Copy Share Image
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Has a philosopher like you failed to discover that our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Neither in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded… — Socrates Copy Share Image
...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast… — Socrates Copy Share Image
You too must be of good hope as regards death, gentlemen of the jury, and keep this one truth in mind, that… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent… — Socrates Copy Share Image
An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man. — 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
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