A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

Quote by Greek Proverb

Topics: Age Quotes, Society Quotes

For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn...

For mortals vanished from the day's sweet light I shed no tear; rather I mourn...

It is not what they profess but what they practice that makes them good

It is not what they profess but what they practice that makes them good

After the war, aid

After the war, aid

Even a wolf will not stay - Where sounds no bleat to offer hope of...

Even a wolf will not stay - Where sounds no bleat to offer hope of...

One witness one liar; more witnesses, all liars

One witness one liar; more witnesses, all liars

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I...

Poor in my youth, and in life's later scenes - Rich to no end, I...

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words

Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man...

Beneath this stone I lie, the famous woman who loosed her zone to one man...

An open enemy is better than a false friend.

An open enemy is better than a false friend.

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie

It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie

I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest...

I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest...

My first wedding makes me proud in front of people.

My first wedding makes me proud in front of people.

Kindness begets kindness

Kindness begets kindness

Help yourself so God can help you.

Help yourself so God can help you.

When at a loss how to go on, in speaking, cough

When at a loss how to go on, in speaking, cough

Success has many friends

Success has many friends

Before us men have flourished just as we now flourish: others yet again shall be,...

Before us men have flourished just as we now flourish: others yet again shall be,...

Many words are poverty.

Many words are poverty.

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Single women have a dreadful propensity to being poor

Poverty is death in another form

Poverty is death in another form

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them