Socrates
Socrates
Socrates was a classical Greekphilosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Plato's dialogues are among the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity, though it is unclear the degree to which Socrates himself is "hidden behind his 'best disciple', Plato"...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
friendship giving greek
Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
law made
Laws are not made for the good.
cities teach
Not I, but the city teaches.
good-woman rest-of-your-life philosopher
Marry a good woman, and be happy the rest of your life. Or, marry a bad, and become a good philosopher
writing men difficulty
Improve yourself by other men's writings thus attaining effortlessly what they acquired through great difficulty.
believe men ridiculous
When you propose ridiculous things to believe, too many men will choose to believe nothing at all.
wonder
Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.
ignorance certainty knows
I know nothing but the certainty of my own ignorance.
knows
All that I know is nothing - I'm not even sure of that.
men long-ago should-have
If I had engaged in politics, O men of Athens, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you or to myself.
knowledge knows
I know what I do not know.
men mystery he-man
The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
humility pride men
Pride divides the men, humility joins them.
grieving self acting
Do not grieve over someone who changes all of the sudden. It might be that he has given up acting and returned to his true self.