True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Life Quotes

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but...

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but...

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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

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

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...

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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

An honest man is always a child.

An honest man is always a child.

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.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.

I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want...

I was blessed with a birth and a death, and I guess I just want...