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
horse want saddles
If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
firsts looks spine
If you would seek health, look first to the spine.
citizens world athens
I am a citizen, not of Athens, or Greece, but of the world.
food weight-loss healthy-habits
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
greatness reality keys
The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.
men wealth can-do
What a lot of things there are a man can do without.
men people greek
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
numbers wife matter
Is there anyone to whom you entrust a greater number of serious matters than your wife? And is there anyone with whom you have fewer conversations?
change wisdom life-and-death
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.
fall sight color
And the same things look bent and straight when seen in water and out of it, and also both concave and convex, due to the sight's being mislead by the colors, and every sort of confusion of this kind is plainly in our soul. And, then, it is because they take advantage of this affection in our nature that shadow painting, and puppeteering, and many other tricks of the kind fall nothing short of wizardry.
what-matters joy victory
Beauty comes first. Victory is secondary. What matters is joy.
knows
All I know is that I do not know anything
hurt feet
When our feet hurt, we hurt all over.
men may limits
It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.