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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No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit

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

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

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...

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...

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

Virtue does not come from wealth, but. . . wealth, and every other good thing...

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds

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...

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...

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

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.

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,...