Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world. — Socrates Copy Share Image
One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him. — Socrates Copy Share Image
A man can no more make a safe use of wealth without reason than he can of a horse without a bridle. — Socrates Copy Share Image
May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Beloved Pan and all ye other gods who haunt this place, give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue. — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is a doctrine whispered in secret that a man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own… — Socrates Copy Share Image
God does not deal directly with man: it is by means of spirits that all the intercourse and communication of gods with… — Socrates Copy Share Image
No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a… — Socrates Copy Share Image
...one thing I am ready to fight for as long as I can, in word and act: that is, that we shall… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do it because it's in your heart. Not because you want something in return. Employ your time in improving yourself by other… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I… — 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
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
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
Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know… — Socrates Copy Share Image
When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Before the birth of Love, many fearful things took place through the empire of necessity; but when this god was born, all… — 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
In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully… — 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
This is...self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know. — Socrates Copy Share Image
For who is there but you? Who not only claim to be a good man and a gentleman, for many are this,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public… — Socrates Copy Share Image
No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of… — Socrates Copy Share Image
You are wrong, sir, if you think that a man who is any good at all should take into account the risk… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I am wiser than this man, for neither of us appears to know anything great and good; but he fancies he knows… — 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
