The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
SOCRATESI don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
More Socrates Quotes
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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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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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.
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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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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
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He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
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Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
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