By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

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...

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...

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good...

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

To Believe without evidence and demonstration is an act of ignorance and folly

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...

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.

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

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

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

Books are the curse of the human race.

Books are the curse of the human race.

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read...

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read...