Wisdom Quotes

"This is a comprehensive collection of the well-known quotes attributed to Socrates in English." "I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something" "We could never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world" "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook" "The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution" "Age is foolish and forgetful when it underestimates youth" "A well-spent day brings happy sleep; and a life well used brings happy death." "Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death." "There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see." "The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects." "What do you want a meaning for? Life is a desire, not a meaning." "Understanding means throwing away your knowledge." "Missing a train is only painful if you run after it" "A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in light of the information available until that point" "Wish you would learn to love people and use things, and not the other way around" "Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn" "We are what we are because we have been what we have been and what is needed for solving the problems of human life and motives is not moral estimates but more knowledge. " "The more you read the more you will know the more you learn the more places you’ll go" "Blessed is the man who expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed" "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."