Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.

Quote by Plutarch

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Themosticles said The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern...

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.

Socrates said, Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat...

Socrates said, Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat...

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Reason speaks and feeling bites

Time is the wisest of all counselors

Time is the wisest of all counselors

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

The man who is completely wise and virtuous has no need of glory, except so...

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart

Character is long-standing habit.

Character is long-standing habit.

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

Rest: the sweet sauce of labor

When the candles are out all women are fair

When the candles are out all women are fair

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is...

Character is simply habit long continued.

Character is simply habit long continued.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with...

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with...

It didn't dawn on me until you were gone just how much I would mis...

It didn't dawn on me until you were gone just how much I would mis...