...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. For a man who claims to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Men of Athens, I honor and love you; but I shall obey God rather than you, and while I have life and… — 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
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
The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him. — Socrates Copy Share Image
I am quite ready to acknowledge . . . that I ought to be grieved at death, if I were not persuaded… — Socrates Copy Share Image
One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man. — Socrates Copy Share Image
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. — 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
“Neither in war nor yet at law ought any man to use every way of escaping death. For often in battle there… — 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
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
Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth, and every other good thing which men have comes from virtue. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty. — 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
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 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
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
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
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
