We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.
SOCRATESFrom the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
More Socrates Quotes
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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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.
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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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By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.
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Is it true; is it kind, or is it necessary?
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The answer I gave myself and the oracle was that it was to my advantage to be as I am.
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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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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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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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