Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile? Socrates More Quotes by Socrates More Quotes From Socrates An envious man waxeth lean with the fatness of his neighbors. Envy is the daughter of pride, the author of murder and revenge, the beginner of secret sedition and the perpetual tormentor of virtue. Envy is the filthy slime of the soul; a venom, a poison, or quicksilver which consumeth the flesh and drieth up the marrow of the bones. Socrates daughter pride revenge The soul then, as being immortal, and having been born again many times, and having seen all things that exist, whether in this world or in the world below, has knowledge of them all . . . all enquiry and all learning is but recollection. Socrates enquiry soul world There is no illness of the body except for the mind Socrates body inspiration mind Wind buffs up empty bladders; opinion, fools. Socrates fool opinion wind Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Socrates meaningful inspirational life Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf. Socrates dew life-is-like men There are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years, and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me. Socrates accusing-me children years Wisdom is knowing when you don't know Socrates knowing knows If I tell you that I would be disobeying the god and on that account it is impossible for me to keep quiet, you won't be persuaded by me, taking it that I am ionizing. And if I tell you that it is the greatest good for a human being to have discussions every day about virtue and the other things you hear me talking about, examining myself and others, and that the unexamined life is not livable for a human being, you will be even less persuaded. Socrates would-be talking life How many things are there which I do not want. Socrates simplicity simple life The right way to begin is to pay attention to the young, and make them just as good as possible. Socrates pay attention way I know one thing, that I know nothing. Socrates ancient-greek knowing-nothing knows Every pleasure or pain has a sort of rivet with which it fastens the soul to the body and pins it down and makes it corporeal, accepting as true whatever the body certifies. Socrates pain body soul Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself. Socrates convinced apology I call that man idle who might be better employed. Socrates idle might men The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be, all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them. Socrates honesty practice reality I am confident that there truly is such a thing as living again, that the living spring from the dead, and that the souls of the dead are in existence. Socrates reincarnation soul spring Fear of women love more than hate the man. Socrates he-man hate men The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. Socrates laughter happiness lying It is better to suffer an injustice than to commit one Socrates commit injustice suffering
