Socrates Quotes
Our lives are but specks of dust falling through the fingers of time. Like sands of the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
Quotes to Explore
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Fear of women love more than hate the man.
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All things in moderation, including moderation.
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All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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A multitude of books distracts the mind.
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It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one.
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Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
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Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.
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I know you won't believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.
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There is no learning without remembering.
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Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.
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No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government.
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Do not go through life like leaf blown from here to there believing whatever you are told.
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Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
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I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.
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Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods.
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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
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Lies are the greatest murder. They kill the Truth.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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The more I learn, the less I realize I know.