• Socrates

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    NO. Dictums
    01 Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
    02 The unexamined life is not worth living.
    03 Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.
    04 Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
    05 I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
    06 Death may be the greatest of all human blessing.
    07 Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
    08 The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ingnorance.
    09 I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
    10 When you want knowledge like you want air under water then you will get it.
    11 It is not shame for a man to learn that which he knows not, whatever his age.
    12 I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money.
    13 Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.
    14 Bad men live so that they may eat and dring, whereas good men eat and drink so that they may live.
    15 If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he emplys it.
    16 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.
    17 Remember that there is noting stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
    18 Don’t try to win a friend by presenting gifts. You should instead contribute your sincere love and learn how to win others ‘heart’ through appropriate ways.
    19 The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
    20 The unexamined life is not worth living.
    21 The easiest and noblest way is not to be crusing others, but to improving yourselves.
    22 I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.
    23 Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
    24 Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
    25 To find youself, think for yourself.
    26 Be slow to fall into friendship, but when you are in, continue firm and constant.
    27 Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
    28 Education is the kinding of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
    29 He who is contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
    30 Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
    31 Let him who would move the world first move himself.
    32 The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
    33 Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
    34 Each action has its pleasures and its price.
    35 Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
    36 Understanding a question is half an answer.
    37 The hottest love has the coldest end.
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