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

Quote by Socrates

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Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come...

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come...

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

Oh dear Pan and all the other Gods of this place, grant that I may...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

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.

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true...

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...

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...

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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...

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.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with...

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.

Flattery is a counterfeit money which, but for vanity, would have no circulation.