Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual. — 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
When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard… — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is no difference between knowledge and temperance; for he who knows what is good and embraces it, who knows what is… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“The ancient Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The Spirit is neither good nor bad, it runs where the wild heart leads" "Wisdom begins in wonder. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such… — Socrates Copy Share Image
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the… — 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
Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while… — 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
Philebus was saying that enjoyment and pleasure and delight, and the class of feelings akin to them, are a good to every… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting anyone whom I meet after my manner, and convincing him,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“For the fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown;… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“One day, the old wise Socrates walks down the streets, when all of the sudden a man runs up to him "Socrates… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“If the soul is immortal, it demands our care not only for that part of time which we call life, but for… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves… — Socrates Copy Share Image
When I was young, I believed that life might unfold in an orderly way, according to my hopes and expectations. But now… — 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
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
