To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that…

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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.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

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...

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

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

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.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of...

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...

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...

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in...

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.

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.

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...

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

An education obtained with money is worse than no education at all.

Thy money perish with thee.

Thy money perish with thee.

Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and...

Because over the past few years, more money has been spent on breast implants and...