Quotes from Socrates

Let him who would move the world first move himself.

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

My divine sign indicates the future to me.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Some people put walls up, not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to knock them down.

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 towards the beauty of corporeal forms, it acquires a surname from this very violent motion, and is called love.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may be beautiful inside. Let all my external possessions be in friendly harmony with what is within. May I consider the wise man rich. As for gold, let me have as much as a moderate man could bear and carry with him.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher...and that is a good thing for any man.

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.