The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
SOCRATESAn unconsidered life is not one worth living.
More Socrates Quotes
-
-
The unexamined life is not worth living.
SOCRATES -
Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
SOCRATES -
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
SOCRATES -
The hottest love has the coldest end.
SOCRATES -
The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.
SOCRATES -
To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
SOCRATES -
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SOCRATES -
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
SOCRATES -
A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
SOCRATES -
The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
SOCRATES -
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
SOCRATES -
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
SOCRATES -
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
SOCRATES -
The really important thing is not to live, but to live well. And to live well meant, along with more enjoyable things in life, to live according to your principles.
SOCRATES -
It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
SOCRATES