Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Quote by Socrates

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An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

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.

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...

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...

An honest man is always a child.

An honest man is always a child.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

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...

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

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...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

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...

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...

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

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...

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

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

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