Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.

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Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued.

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...

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...

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...

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

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...

Be as you wish to seem.

Be as you wish to seem.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be...

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world

The unexamined life is not worth living.

The unexamined life is not worth living.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

My belief is that to have no wants is divine

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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...

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.

I'm not afraid of death; but dying scares the hell out of me.