“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
“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.”
GoodAll Quotes by Socrates
“Wisdom begins in wonder.”
Wisdom“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.”
Knowledge“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“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”
Beauty“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 only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Wisdom“All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.”
Men“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“Beware the barrenness of a busy life.”
Life“To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.”
Knowledge“The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.”
God“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“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.”
Death“He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.”
Courage“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Life“Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.”
Best“Be slow to fall into friendship but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.”
Art“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.”
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