Socrates Professions : Philosopher Born : 471 BC Died : 399 BC Browse All Authors Top 459 quotes by Socrates Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from good friends. And if I have something good, I teach it to them, and I introduce them to others who will be useful to them with respect to virtue. And together with my friends I go through the treasures of wise men of old which they left behind written in books, and we peruse them. If we see something good, we pick it out and hold it to be a great profit, if we are able to prove useful to one another. Socrates wisdom wise dog My divine sign indicates the future to me. Socrates divinity divine To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. Socrates apology wise thinking One cannot come closer to the gods than by bringing health to his Fellow Man. Socrates fellows fellow-man men Pride divides the men, humility joins them. Socrates pride humility men YOU ARE NOT ONLY GOOD TO YOURSELF, BUT THE CAUSE OF GOODNESS IN OTHERS Socrates causes goodness The warm love has the coldest end. Socrates sad-relationship warm ends You will know that the divine is so great and of such a nature that it sees and hears everything at once, is present everywhere, and is concerned with everything. Socrates concerned divine knows Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher Socrates rest-of-your-life philosopher good-woman Has a philosopher like you failed to discover that our country is more to be valued and higher and holier far than mother or father or any ancestor, and more to be regarded in the eyes of the gods and of men of understanding? Socrates mother country father If you can do only a little. Do what you can. What you cannot enforce, do not command. Socrates command can-do littles Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth, reputation, and honors as possible, while you do not care for nor give thought to wisdom or truth, or the best possible state of your soul? Socrates soul honor giving Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good use—of other things, and since knowledge is what provides this goodness of use and also good fortune, every man must, as seems plausible, prepare himself by every means for this: to be as wise as possible. Right? Socrates wise men mean By all implies marry if you get a great wife/husband, you are going to be pleased. If you get a bad a single, you are going to become a philosopher. Socrates philosopher wife husband I know that I know nothing. Socrates knows I have good hope that there is something remaining for the dead. Socrates immortality The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners' souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves. Socrates alphabet soul character Virtue is the nursing-mother of all human pleasures, who, in rendering them just, renders them also pure and permanent; in moderating them, keeps them in breath and appetite; in interdicting those which she herself refuses, whets our desires to those that she allows; and, like a kind and liberal mother, abundantly allows all that nature requires, even to satiety, if not to lassitude. Socrates nursing mother desire May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure. Socrates self wise men I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty. Socrates money soul jewels Similar Authors F. H. Bradley philosopher Irving Copi philosopher Ivan Ilyin philosopher Ivan Illich philosopher Bion of Borysthenes philosopher Bonaventure philosopher All Authors