Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

Quote by Socrates

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The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his...

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his...

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

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.

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

Do not be angry with me if I tell you the truth

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be...

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

The soul, like the body, accepts by practice whatever habit one wishes it to contact.

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.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there...

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

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...

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.

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,...

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...

The single most important thing that anyone can do in this world is to marry...

The single most important thing that anyone can do in this world is to marry...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...

Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated, often moving...