“ By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. Socrates
“ 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 utter… Socrates
“ He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. Socrates
“ I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm then they might have an unlimited power for doing good. Socrates
“ Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers. Socrates
“ He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. Socrates
“ When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it. Socrates
“ For the poet is a light and winged and holy thing, and there is no invention in him until he has been inspired and is out of his senses, and the mind is no longer in him: when he has not attained to t… Socrates
“ The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Socrates
“ 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,… Socrates
