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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An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

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...

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

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

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

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you 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...

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

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...

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

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

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

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would...

Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would...

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear...

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear...

The easiest way to defeat others is to win ourselves

The easiest way to defeat others is to win ourselves