Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Quote by Socrates

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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...

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly...

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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...

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...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

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...

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

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

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In...

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In...