One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
SOCRATESIntelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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Through your rags I see your vanity.
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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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Everything is plainer when spoken than when unspoken.
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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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To express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
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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.
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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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