Socrates Quotes

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Envy is the ulcer of the soul.

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

Having the fewest wants,I am nearest to the gods.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.

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.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.

Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you`ll be happy; if not, you`ll become a philosopher.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

One thing I only know:I don`t know anything.