The Delphic Oracle said I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because that I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing. Socrates More Quotes by Socrates More Quotes From Socrates A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building materials is a house Socrates building army house Who knows if to live is to be dead, and to be dead, to live? And we really, it may be, are dead; in fact I once heard sages say that we are now dead, and the body is our tomb. Socrates sage body religious Aren't you ashamed to be concerned so much about making all the money you can and advancing your reputation and prestige, while for truth and wisdom and the improvement of your souls you have no thought or car? Socrates reputation car soul The more I learn, the less I realize I know. Socrates realizing consciousness knows If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all. Socrates saddles horse want He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. Socrates wickedness ignorance evil Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates philosophical blessed prayer It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit. Socrates limits may men It is not living that matters, but living rightly. Socrates treatment matter life It is the greatest good for an individual to discuss virtue (aka areté) every day...for the unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates aka individuality life If one knows what is right, he will do it; nobody wants to be evil Socrates evil knows want Death offers mankind a full view of truth. Socrates offers mankind views What a lot of things I don't need. Socrates needs No one does wrong voluntarily. Socrates doe All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. Socrates greek men people Anybody can be a hellene, by his heart, his mind, his spirit. Socrates spirit mind heart My belief is that to have no wants is divine. Socrates divine belief want Nothing is to be preferred before justice. Socrates philosophical justice All that we know is nothing can be known. Socrates known knows Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul, on which they mightily fasten, imparting grace, and making the soul of him who is rightly educated graceful, or of him who is ill-educated ungraceful. Socrates music soul grace
