Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Quote by Socrates

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Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

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...

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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 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.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his...

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his...

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

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

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

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.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

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...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will...

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will...

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is just opinion.

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by...

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by...