To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.
SOCRATESAs to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
More Socrates Quotes
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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My plainness of speech makes them hate me, and what is their hatred but a proof that I am speaking the truth.
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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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