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 cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either… — 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
The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping. — 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
This is...self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know. — 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
Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world. — 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
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
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
Give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward may be one. — 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
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
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
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
To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity. — 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
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 Image
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told. — Socrates Copy Share Image
If the whole world depends on today's youth, I can't see the world lasting another 100 years. — Socrates Copy Share Image
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 Image
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher — 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; and no… — 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 bad and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
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 Image
The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift. — Socrates Copy Share Image
