Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. Socrates chieflygoodlife Change image and share on social
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. Socrates badgoodhappy Change image and share on social
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. Socrates liferealizetrue Change image and share on social
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. Socrates decidedeliverenable share on social
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. Socrates greathonorlive Change image and share on social
Let him that would move the world first move himself. Socrates moveworld Change image and share on social
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. Socrates intelligent Change image and share on social
Death may be the greatest of all human blessings. Socrates blessingdeathgreat Change image and share on social
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. Socrates accordapplydeath Change image and share on social