653 Quotes by Socrates

Follow the argument wherever it leads.

Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit...

Not I, but the city teaches.

All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.

I call that man idle who might be better employed.

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.

To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous.

Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher