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

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Life Quotes

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

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...

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

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

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

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.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

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.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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...

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

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

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...

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.