Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
SOCRATESThose who are hardest to love need it the most.
More Socrates Quotes
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Be as you wish to seem.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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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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I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
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Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
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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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Understanding a question is half an answer.
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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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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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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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There is no greater evil one can suffer than to hate reasonable discourse.
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