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

Quote by Socrates

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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.

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

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

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.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

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

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

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.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

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.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will...

An unexamined life is not worth living.

An unexamined life is not worth living.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

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...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only...

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his...

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his...

And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be...

And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be...