By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher...and that is a good thing for any man.

Quote by Socrates

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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.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

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 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...

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

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...

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...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain...

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...

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

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

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

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

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

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,...

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

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.

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...

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient...

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next

Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next