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.

Quote by Socrates

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

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.

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

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

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

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...

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.

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...

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

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.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

The death penalty is reserved for people who do not

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending...

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending...