Quote #79
The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
More from Socrates
- The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall f…
- The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be.
- The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
- The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
- Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
- The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods.
- Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.