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

Quote by Socrates

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Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

Crito, I owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?

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.

The hottest love has the coldest end

The hottest love has the coldest end

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...

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...

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you...

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you...

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...

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 know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

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...

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend...

It is possible that a man could live twice as long if he didn't spend...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

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...

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

Only a kind person is able to judge another justly and to make allowances for...

I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned...

I have been in the witness protection program for the last three weeks. I campaigned...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...

Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is...