Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Quote by Socrates

Topics: Busy Life Quotes, Life Quotes

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

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...

The hottest love has the coldest end

The hottest love has the coldest end

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

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...

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

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...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

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...

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.

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,...

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.

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.

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...