Socrates Quotes
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The man who is truly wise knows that he knows very little.
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Follow the argument wherever it leads.
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It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend the first half of his life acquiring habits that shortens the other half.
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The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
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There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence.
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Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue.
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He is the richest who is content with the least.
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The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.
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Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher.
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Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.
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If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease.
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Be true to thine own self.
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False language, evil in itself, infects the soul with evil.
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If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
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True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all.
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There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear.
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There is but one evil, ignorance.
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Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
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Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
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Be as you wish to seem.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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You too must be of good hope as regards death, gentlemen of the jury, and keep this one truth in mind, that a good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and that his affairs are not neglected by the gods. What has happened to me now has not happened of itself, but it is clear to me that it was better for me to die now and to escape from trouble. That is why my divine sign did not oppose me at any point. So I am certainly not angry with those who convicted me, or with my accusers. Of course that was not their purpose when they accused and convicted me, but they thought they were hurting me, and for this they deserve blame.