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 slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant."
"If 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."
"Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued."
"Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death."