When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire, and when again under the influence of its kindred desires it is moved with violent motion…

Quote by Socrates

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

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

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come...

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...

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.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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 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.

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...

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

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...

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...

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we...

Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; once we have left it, we...

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.

There has never been a statue erected to honor a critic.