Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.

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Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have...

No greater nor more affectionate honor can be conferred on an American than to have...