Ancient Greek Quotes – Wisdom from the Ancients
Know thyself. – Socrates
In every difficult situation lies an opportunity for greatness. – Aristotle
Time is the wisest counselor of all. – Pericles
A house that has a library has a soul. – Plato
Courage is knowing what not to fear. – Thucydides
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. – Aristotle
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. – Hippocrates
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. – Plato
The secret to happiness is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. – Socrates
Excellence is not a virtue, but a habit. – Aristotle
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. – Heraclitus
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. – Plato
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. – Socrates
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. – Aristotle
The greatest wealth is to live content with little. – Plato
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master. – Socrates
True philosophers are always in love with wisdom. – Plato
Ancient Greek Quotes – Wisdom from the Ancients part 2
Virtue does not come from wealth, but wealth comes from virtue. – Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth living. – Socrates
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. – Plato
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. – Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. – Aristotle
The greatest blessing granted to mankind is the ability to choose. – Heraclitus
Without music, life would be a mistake. – Plato
A true friend is one soul in two bodies. – Aristotle
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. – Socrates
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not. – Epicurus
The measure of a man is what he does with power. – Plato
By doubting, we come to questioning, and by questioning, we arrive at truth. – Peter Abelard
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man. – Heraclitus
Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. – Plato
You cannot step into the same river twice. – Heraclitus
All things are in flux; nothing remains still. – Plato
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci (inspired by the Ancient Greeks)
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. – Aristotle
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. – Socrates
The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance. – Socrates
Life must be lived as play. – Plato
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it. – Plato
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others. – Socrates
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. – Plato
To find yourself, think for yourself. – Socrates
Wisdom begins in wonder. – Socrates