One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom. Socrates More Quotes by Socrates More Quotes From Socrates The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you. Socrates demandgreaterhonor No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training... what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. Socrates bad-assworkoutmen Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. Socrates beerfoodmen This is a universe that does not favor the timid. Socrates favorsuniversedoe People learn more on their own rather than being force fed. Socrates wisdomwisepeople To find yourself, think for yourself. Socrates motivationalinspirationallife There is no learning without remembering. Socrates remember There is no greater magnificence than to defeat oneself. That is the magnificence. Socrates magnificenceoneselfdefeat In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate desire of pleasure; the other, an acquired judgment which aspires after excellence. Socrates excellencemotivationaltwo Knowing thyself is the height of wisdom. Socrates thyselfheightknowing Every action has its pleasures and its price. Socrates pleasureactionlife Give me beauty in the inward soul; and may the outward and inward may be one. Socrates inwardinspirationalmen To use words and phrases in an easygoing manner without scrutinizing them too curiously is not in general a mark of ill-breeding. On the contrary, there is something low-bred in being too precise. But sometimes there is no help for it Socrates phrasesusehelping I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. Socrates godbeautifullove Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. Socrates angerhelping-othersinspirational Young people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. Socrates luxuryteacherpeople When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it. Socrates wisdomwishphilosophy The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms. Socrates philosophicaldefinitionswisdom Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual. Socrates readinginspirationallife One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him. Socrates returnmattermen
