Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 428 Bc Death: 348 Bc
Nothing ever is, everything is becoming..
Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?.
There is no harm in repeating a good thing..
Courage is knowing what to fear..
The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction..
Welcome out of the cave, my friend. It's a bit colder out here, but the stars are just beautiful..
The gods' service is tolerable, man's intolerable..
My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so m….
A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will re….
Attention to health is life greatest hindrance..
Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another..
Wisest is he who knows what he does not know..
All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue..
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals..
The good is the beautiful..
When the mind's eye rests on objects illuminated by truth and reality, it understands and comprehends them, and functions intelligently; but when it ….
Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly..
Wealth is well known to be a great comforter..
Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good..
We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection..
To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise without really being wise, for it is to think that we know what we do not know..