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

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

The hottest love has the coldest end

The hottest love has the coldest end

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

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...

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...

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

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

As for me, all I know is that I 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...

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 unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

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...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

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...

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.

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...