Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Death Quotes

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it...

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it...

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.

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...

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

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...

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...

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

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...

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

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...

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...

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...

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly...

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly...

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will...

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will...

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 poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

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.