Socrates

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

— Socrates

“Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”

— Socrates

“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.”

— 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

“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

“Wisdom begins in wonder.”

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

“I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.”

— 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

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

— Socrates

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”

— 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

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

— Socrates

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

— Socrates

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates