Sókratés: Citáty v angličtine (page 9)

“Suppose an ass had kicked me, would you have had me bring an action against him?”

“It is a good thing for a man to offer himself cheerfully to the attacks of the comic writers; for then, if they say anything worth hearing, one will be able to mend; and if they do not, then all they say is unimportant.”

“Those who want fewest things are nearest to the Gods.”

“He who drinks with the greatest appetite is the least inclined to look for a draught which is not at hand.”

“The man who eats with the greatest appetite has the least need of delicacies.”

“O Hercules! what a number of lies the young man has told about me.”

“To be sure, for he has never learnt to speak well.”