Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

Quote by Socrates

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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...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

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.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Death is a very narrow theme, but it reaches a wide audience.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

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...

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

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...

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.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

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...

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion,...

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.

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...

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...