Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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...

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.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

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...

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

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

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

An honest man is always a child.

An honest man is always a child.

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.

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 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...

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

We villians are a very select group indeed. In the very desperation of our hate...

We villians are a very select group indeed. In the very desperation of our hate...