Socrates

Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.

Socrates

Silence is a profound melody, for those who can hear it above all the noise.

Socrates

Since I am convinced that I wrong no one, I am not likely to wrong myself.

Socrates

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the same conditions.

Socrates

The alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners’ souls. They will trust the written characters and not remember themselves.

Socrates

The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.

Socrates

The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor.

Socrates

The first key to greatness is to be in reality what we appear to be.

Socrates

The greater the power that deigns to serve you, the more honor it demands of you.

Socrates

The hardest task needs the lightest hand or else its completion will not lead to freedom but to a tyranny much worse than the one it replaces.

Socrates