Socrates

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

To find yourself, think for yourself.

All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.

Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant to break the monotony of a decorous age.

Kings are not born they are made by universal hallucination.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.

The first wealth is health.

Tread softly, Breathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.

The late M. Venizelos observed that in all her wars Englandhe should have said Britain, of coursealways wins one battlethe last.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.

Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it.

I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.

Gold will be slave or master.

It is admirable to consider how many Millions of People come into, and go out of the World, Ignorant of themselves, and of the World they have lived in.