Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.

Quote by Socrates

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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.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

Man's life is like a drop of dew on a leaf.

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...

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

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...

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

Nothing is to be preferred before justice.

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.

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...

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can...

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

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

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel

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...

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.

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.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that...

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

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

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom.

According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a...

According to Greek Mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs and a...

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by...

You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by...