Socrates Quotes

"As for me, all I know is that I know nothing."

"Be as you wish to seem."

"Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for."

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

"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean."

"If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it."

"If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart."

"It is not living that matters, but living rightly."

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