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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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

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.

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...

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

An honest man is always a child.

An honest man is always a child.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

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 greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we...

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth