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

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Drinking Quotes, Food Quotes, Gluttony Quotes, Worth Quotes

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.

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his...

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his...

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...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

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...

The hottest love has the coldest end

The hottest love has the coldest end

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

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

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...

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans,...