653 Quotes by Socrates

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires. All wars are undertaken for the acquisition of wealth; and the reason why we have to acquire wealth is the body, because we are slaves in its service.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

Eat to live, not live to eat.

Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

If measure and symmetry are absent from any composition to any degree, ruin awaits both the ingredients and the composition... Measure and symmetry are beauty and virtue the world over.