Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

Quote by Socrates

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The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

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...

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

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...

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

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

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

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

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

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...

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...

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

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...

Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.

Time is never wasted when you're wasted all the time.

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a...

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.

Marriage should be between a spouse and a spouse, not a gender and a gender.