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.
SOCRATESWhen you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
More Socrates Quotes
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
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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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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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I 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.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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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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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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Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
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There is no solution; seek it lovingly.
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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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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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Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
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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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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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Those who are hardest to love need it the most.
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It is better to change an opinion than to persist in a wrong one.
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
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