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.

Quote by Socrates

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Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

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...

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but...

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but...

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

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

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

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly...

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly...

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.