The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only… — 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
The Spirit is neither good nor bad, it runs where the wild heart leads" "Wisdom begins in wonder. — Socrates Copy Share Image
The bad one is that way because of the ignorance, therefore he can be healed with wisdom. — 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
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
“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us.” — Socrates Copy Share Image
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — 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… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Are you not ashamed of heaping up the greatest amount of money and honor and reputation, and caring so little about wisdom… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that… — Socrates Copy Share Image
I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my… — Socrates Copy Share Image
The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient… — 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;… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I shall never cease from the practice and teaching of philosophy, exhorting anyone whom I meet after my manner, and convincing him,… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“Esteemed friend, citizen of Athens, the greatest city in the world, so outstanding in both intelligence and power, aren't you ashamed to… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I went to interview a man with a high reputation for wisdom, because I felt that here if anywhere I should succeed… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“One day, the old wise Socrates walks down the streets, when all of the sudden a man runs up to him "Socrates… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“I examined the poets, and I look on them as people whose talent overawes both themselves and others, people who present themselves… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“...[R]eal wisdom is the property of God, and... human wisdom has little or no value.” — 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
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