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

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

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

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

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about...

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about...

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.

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

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.

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

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

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...

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for...

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...

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

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

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 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

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend...

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend...

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

The only source of knowledge is experience

The only source of knowledge is experience

I am not young enough to know everything.

I am not young enough to know everything.