“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.”
Knowledge
“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.”
FearAll Quotes by Socrates
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Wisdom“Wisdom begins in wonder.”
Wisdom“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.”
Death“All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.”
Men“Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.”
Good“Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
Art“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
Life“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.”
Men“The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.”
God“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
Great“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“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
Nature“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
Beauty“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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Life“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”
Courage“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
Intelligence“I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.”
Good“Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.”
Beauty