653 Quotes by Socrates

All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.

There is no possession more valuable than a good and faithful friend.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

If we pursue our habit of eating animals, and if our neighbour follows a similar path, will we need to go to war against our neighbour to secure greater pasturage, because ours will not be enough to sustain us, and our neighbour will have a similar need to wage war on us for the same reason.