To them, I said, the truth would be literally nothing but the shadows of the images. — 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
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
'Wars, factions, and fighting,' said Socrates as he looked forward from his last hour, 'have no other origin than this same body… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Nothing very new. By taking good care of yourselves you are of service to me and my family as well as yourselves,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks,… — 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
