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

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Death Quotes, Righteousness Quotes

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...

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.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

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...

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...

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

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...

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...

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...

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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.

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.