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- One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.
Socrates, philosopher, 5th century BC
- Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato, philosopher, 5th century BC
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Aristotle, philosopher, 4th century BC
- You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
Epicurus, philosopher, 4th century BC
- There is nothing permanent except change.
Heraclitus, philosopher, 4th century BC
- By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates, philosopher, 5th century BC
- I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.
Alexander the Great, warrior, 4th century BC
- The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
Plutarch, historian, 1st century BC
- Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.
Democritus, philosopher, 5th century BC
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
Aristotle, philosopher, 4th century BC
- All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Socrates, philosopher, 5th century BC
- He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much, but with less power.
Plato, philosopher, 5th century BC
- Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Epicurus, philosopher, 4th century BC
- Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
Solon, lawmaker, 6th century BC
- Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not.
Xenophon, historian, 4th century BC
- It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.
Thucydides, historian, 4th century BC
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