To give either to any public matter of interest or to any concern of my own, but I am in utter poverty… — 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
Why do you wonder that globetrotting does not help you, seeing that you always take yourself with you? The reason that set… — Socrates Copy Share Image
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty… — 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
If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbour follows a similar path, will we need to go to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service. — Socrates Copy Share Image
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty… — 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
