The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

Quote by Socrates

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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.

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...

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

The hottest love has the coldest end

The hottest love has the coldest end

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

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...

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.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...

You are time. Foul time, who steals the gold from a maiden's hair and takes...