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

Quote by Socrates

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From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

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.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire...

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

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

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.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

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.

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

By all means, get married: if you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

Flattery is like chewing gum. Enjoy it but don't swallow it.

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself

Flattery is telling the other person precisely what he thinks about himself