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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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.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

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...

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

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...

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you...

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you...

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.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth - that no...

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth - that no...

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...

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...

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by...

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by...

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.