More quotes by Socrates

"The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our separate ways, I to die, and you to live. Which of these two is better only God knows."
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
"God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods..."
"I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think"
"Do not trouble about those who practice philosophy, whether they are good or bad; but examine the thing itself well and carefully. And if philosophy appears a bad thing to you, turn every man from it, not only your sons; but if it appears to you such as I think it to be, take courage, pursue it, and practice it, as the saying is, 'both you and your house."