Able Quote by Marcus Aurelius

“And that might be applied to him which is recorded of Socrates, that he was able both to abstain from, and to enjoy, those…

— Marcus Aurelius

“Did not Socrates, all the while he unflinchingly refused to concede one iota of loyalty to his daemon, obey with equal fidelity and equanimity…

— Inazo Nitobe

A man's ability cannot possibly be of one sort and his soul of another. If his soul be well-ordered, serious and restrained, his ability…

— Seneca the Younger

“Philosophy had supplied Socrates with convictions in which he had been able to have rational, as opposed to hysterical, confidence when faced with disapproval.…

— Alain de Botton

Socrates said, Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

— Plutarch

'Wars, factions, and fighting,' said Socrates as he looked forward from his last hour, 'have no other origin than this same body and its…

— Socrates

Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive…

— Xenophon

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

— Plato

“The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which all creatures are the…

— Henri-Frédéric Amiel

“To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on…

— Paul Kleinman

“Men who are ill-natured and quarrelsome when drunk are very worthy persons when sober. For drink in reality doth not reverse nature or create…

— Henry Fielding

“Though it may be the peculiar happiness of Socrates and other geniuses of his stamp, to reason themselves into virtue, the human species would…

— Rousseau