Socrates

“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”

— Socrates

“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”

— Socrates

“As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.”

— Socrates

“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”

— Socrates

“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”

— Socrates

“Wisdom begins in wonder.”

— Socrates

“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”

— Socrates

“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”

— Socrates

“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

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Socrates

“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

“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”

— Socrates

“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”

— Socrates

“The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.”

— Socrates

“My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy if not, you'll become a philosopher.”

— Socrates

“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.”

— Socrates

“All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.”

— Socrates

“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”

— Socrates