Socrates famously said that beauty is God's smile and music is God's voice. Socrates (Greek: σ ω κ ρ? τη? . English: Socrates. German: Sokrates) (469 BC [1], from 47 BC [2] to 399 BC) was one of the founders of Greek (Athens) philosophy. There are many famous sayings about music. Beauty is God's smile, and music is God's voice.