Greek - Philosopher | 469 BC - 399 BC
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Socrates
WorldFirstHimMoveWouldHimself
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
MenDivineSoulsRighteousImmortal
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
WisdomPoetryYouFindKindKnowing
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
LiveManHonestPoliticianReally
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
PeopleEqualEveryoneOwnTakeMust
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
WisdomKnowledgeYouKnowTrue
It is not living that matters, but living rightly.
LivingMattersRightly
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
ManEvilInjusticeRightHimReturn
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.
TimeMenYourselfYouOthersHard
I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
IgnoranceKnowNothingFactExcept
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
LifeGodSoulEndWillHim
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.
LifeGoodDeathManEvilGood Man
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