Socrates Quotes on Life

8 quotes

  1. The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die and you to live. Which is the better, only God knows.

  2. As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take the course he will. He will be sure to repent.

  3. Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth - that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

  4. Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

  5. Call no man unhappy until he is married.

  6. Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

  7. Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

  8. Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

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