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 on wisdom
If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men. Socrates on argument
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. Socrates on beauty
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Socrates on honesty
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. Socrates on immortality
The unexamined life is not worth living. Socrates on life
As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. Socrates on marriage