" All mens souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine. " " Be as you wish to seem. " " Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. " " False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. " " By all means marry; if you get a good wife, youll be happy. If you get a bad one, youll become a philosopher. " " I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world. " " Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. " " If a man would move the world, he must first move himself. " " No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades - that of government. " " As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. " Socrates Socrates ( Ancient Greek pronunciationS?krat?s; c. 470 BC ? 399 BC) was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of western philosophi, he is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon, and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes. Many would claim that Platos dialogues are the most comprehensive accounts of Socrates to survive from antiquity!(B141) This sculpture is made of casting stone! Tracking number provided!!! Details: Condition: New, handmade in Greece. Approximately Height: 15 cm - 6 inches Width: 5.5 cm - 2 inches Weight: 340 g