Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— 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

“Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.”

— Socrates

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”

— Socrates

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

— Socrates

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

— Socrates