The wise are doubtful.

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are...

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the...

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

The heaviest penalty for deciding to engage in politics is to be ruled by someone...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Arguments, like men are often pretenders

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death?

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but...