Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

Quote by Socrates

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The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

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...

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...

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

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...

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

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

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

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...

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

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...

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...

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

If creating life is art, then living and dying must be poetry.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this / that offences against Charity...

The easiest way to defeat others is to win ourselves

The easiest way to defeat others is to win ourselves