Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations? Socrates More Quotes by Socrates More Quotes From Socrates Be of good hope in the face of death. Believe in this one truth for certain, that no evil can befall a good man either in life or death, and that his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods. Socrates fate believe death No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet everyone thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades, that of government. Socrates greek-philosopher men thinking Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant. Socrates friendship art fall The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates wisdom wise philosophy The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls. Socrates soul reason beautiful The life of which meaning one never ponders is not worth living Socrates pondering worth-living An honest man is always a child. Socrates men philosophy children By means of beauty all beautiful things become beautiful. Socrates beautiful-things beautiful mean If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease. Socrates silent silence doe Fellow citizens, why do you burn and scrape every stone to gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom you must one day relinquish all? Socrates citizens one-day children There's no good answer to a question you didn't hear Socrates answers There are two kinds of disease of the soul, vice and ignorance. Socrates ignorance soul two All wars are fought for the acquisition of wealth Socrates vegan acquisition war Exercise till the mind feels delight in reposing from the fatigue. Socrates delight mind exercise The rest of the world lives to eat, while I eat to live. Socrates funny-inspirational health healing The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates motivational inspirational life Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks? Socrates majority wisdom thinking It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden. Socrates eye self men Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. Socrates jewels names inspirational The same wind is blowing, and yet one of us may be cold and the other not. Socrates cold may wind
