The unexamined life is not worth living.
SOCRATESPrefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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.
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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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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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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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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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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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