Men Quotes by Socrates

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

— Socrates

The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.

— Socrates

Give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward may be one.

— Socrates

How can you call a man free when his pleasures rule over him.

— Socrates

The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.

— Socrates

Pride divides the men, humility joins them.

— Socrates

Fear of women love more than hate the man.

— Socrates

I call that man idle who might be better employed.

— Socrates

To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.

— Socrates

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

— Socrates

One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.

— Socrates

Beloved Pan and all ye other gods who haunt this place, give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward…

— Socrates

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

— Socrates

Wealth does not bring about excellence (aka areté), but excellence (aka areté) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings…

— Socrates

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

— Socrates

When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.

— Socrates

It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and…

— Socrates

Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and…

— Socrates

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make…

— Socrates

It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your…

— Socrates

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to…

— Socrates

No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a…

— Socrates

And I say let a man be of good cheer about his soul. When the soul has been arrayed in her own…

— Socrates

...one thing I am ready to fight for as long as I can, in word and act: that is, that we shall…

— Socrates

“Neither in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there…

— Socrates

I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded…

— Socrates

...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty…

— Socrates

Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent…

— Socrates

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your…

— Socrates

May the outward and inward man be at one.

— Socrates

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death.

— Socrates

No man has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training

— Socrates

What a lot of things there are a man can do without.

— Socrates

One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man.

— Socrates

Living or dead, to a good man there can come no evil.

— Socrates

Nobody knows anything, but I, knowing nothing, am the smartest man in the world.

— Socrates

If thou continuous to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know…

— Socrates

“Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either…

— Socrates

Do you suppose that I should have lived as long as I have if I had moved in the sphere of public…

— Socrates

I desire only to know the truth, and to live as well as I can...And, to the utmost of my power, I…

— Socrates