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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The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will...

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.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

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.

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance

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

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

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.

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...

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

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

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

The hottest love has the coldest end.

The hottest love has the coldest end.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal...

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...

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

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,...

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.