Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. Socrates Read Quote
Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death. Socrates Read Quote
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. Socrates Read Quote
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant. Socrates Read Quote
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. Socrates Read Quote
