The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Whom do I call educated? First, those who manage well the circumstances they encounter day by day. Next, those who are decent… — 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
To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from… — Socrates Copy Share Image
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know… — Socrates Copy Share Image
May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure. — 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
