Socrates ( 10 of 62 )
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would read more
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice and experience of them.
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become read more
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you’ll be happy; if not, you’ll become a philosopher.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
I know I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good read more
Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth-- that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
