Know thyself – Socrates
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution. – Aristotle
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – Heraclitus
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. – Aristotle
To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates
The only true voyage of discovery is not to seek new landscapes, but to have new eyes. – Marcel Proust
Happiness depends upon ourselves. – Aristotle
The greatest wealth is to live content with little. – Plato
Everything in moderation. – Cleobulus
Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. – Socrates
The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new. – Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Plato
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Plato
Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the living, and the dead know it not. – Xenophon
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. – Aristotle
Greek quotes – Wisdom from Ancient Greece part 2
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. – Marcus Aurelius
The measure of a man is what he does with power. – Plato
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. – Aristotle
The greatest penalty of evildoing is to grow into the likeness of bad men. – Plato
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. – Plato
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates
At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. – Plato
What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle. – Rumi
The secret to happiness is freedom… And the secret to freedom is courage. – Thucydides
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark. – Thomas Paine
Change is the only constant in life. – Heraclitus
Wisdom begins in wonder. – Socrates
Life must be lived as play. – Plato
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance. – Socrates
We are all fools in love. – Euripides
Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. – Plato
It is not living that matters, but living rightly. – Socrates
The more one knows, the more one realizes one doesn’t know. – Aristotle
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. – Plato
To be idle is a short road to death. – Hesiod
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates
Adventure is worthwhile. – Aristotle
The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. – Pierre de Coubertin
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. – Socrates
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. – Socrates
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. – Socrates
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. – Dalai Lama
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. – Aristotle
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