Socrates quotes

One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates

My advice to you is to 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 come easily
by what others have labored hard for.
Socrates

If a man would move the world, he must first move himself.
Socrates

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

They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
Socrates

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

Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue - to the end that we should
hear and see more than we speak.
Socrates

A multitude of books distracts the mind.
Socrates

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.
Socrates

To find yourself, think for yourself.
Socrates

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion; a
thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
Socrates

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates

Remember - no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good
fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
Socrates

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
Socrates

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
Socrates

Enjoy yourself - it's later than you think.
Socrates

I am not an Athenian, nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Socrates

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