An honest man is always a child.

Quote by Socrates

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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...

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

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.

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

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

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you...

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

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...

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...

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.

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Because of their age long training in human relations for that is what feminine intuition...

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace...

Any young man who is unmarried at the age of twenty one is a menace...

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.

Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much.