Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

Quote by Socrates

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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend...

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average...

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.

If you want to truly understand something, try to change it.

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give...

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are...

Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are...

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to...

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...