He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
SocratesTag: happiness contentment
Be as you wish to seem.
SocratesHayat kısa, vazife ağır, fırsatlar geçicidir.
SocratesTo fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils.
SocratesTag: death-and-dying fear-of-death
And the same things look bent and straight when seen in water and out of it, and also both concave and convex, due to the sight’s being mislead by the colors, and every sort of confusion of this kind is plainly in our soul. And, then, it is because they take advantage of this affection in our nature that shadow painting, and puppeteering, and many other tricks of the kind fall nothing short of wizardry.
SocratesTo be is to do
SocratesAs to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
SocratesAll men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
SocratesThe secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
SocratesIf a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.
SocratesTag: writing craziness writing-life mental-illness
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