“Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.”
Fear
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
WisdomAll Quotes by Socrates
“I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.”
Good“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.”
Good“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”
Best“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
Life“Wisdom begins in wonder.”
Wisdom“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
Intelligence“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
Good“The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.”
God“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
Beauty“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”
Knowledge“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”
Courage“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher.”
Good“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
Good“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.”
Knowledge“Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.”
Beauty“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.”
Poetry“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.”
Men“As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.”
Marriage“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Wisdom