The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom. — 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
True wisdom lies in one's confession about the limits of one's knowledge. — Socrates Copy Share Image
All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this… — 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
Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The Delphic Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone of all the Greeks… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates Copy Share Image
I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Esteemed friend, citizen of Athens, the greatest city in the world, so outstanding in both intelligence and power, aren't you ashamed to… — 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
“Is there not one true coin for which all things ought to exchange?- and that is wisdom; and only in exchange for… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.” — 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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