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