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The profound wisdom of ancient Greece with thought-provoking quotes from renowned philosophers that touch on knowledge, virtue, life, death, and the human condition. For the generation before Socrates, see these quotes from the pre-Socratic philosophers; Epictetus gets fuller treatment among the Stoic quotes on virtue and self-discipline, Epicurus’s line on death sits beside others in history’s best quotes on mortality, and Socrates and Plato show up in a lighter mood among philosophers’ funniest quotes.
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
—Socrates
“Man is the measure of all things.”
—Protagoras
“Virtue lies in our power, and similarly so does vice.”
—Aristotle
“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
“Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.”
—Socrates
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.”
—Aristotle
“No man is free who is not master of himself.”
—Epictetus
“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
—Aristotle
“All is flux, nothing stays still.”
—Heraclitus
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
—Socrates
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
—Aristotle
“Time is the soul of this world.”
—Pythagoras
“Everything flows.”
—Heraclitus
“You will never do anything in this world without courage.”
—Aristotle
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
—Socrates
“Quality is not an act, it is a habit.”
—Aristotle
“Moderation in all things.”
—Aristotle
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
—Socrates
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
—Aristotle
“Know thyself.”
—Socrates
