Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
SOCRATESOnce made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
More Socrates Quotes
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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.
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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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Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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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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In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep.
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The true champion of justice, if he intends to survive even for a short time, must necessarily confine himself to private life and leave politics alone.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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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.
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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.
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The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.
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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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Let him who would move the world first move himself.
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A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
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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.
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I know you won’t believe me, but the highest form of Human Excellence is to question oneself and others.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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