The ancient oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone, of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing. |
The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms |
The comic and the tragic lie inseparably close, like light and shadow. |
The difficulty, my friends, is not in avoiding death, but in avoiding unrighteousness; for that runs faster than death. |
The easiest and noblest way is not to be disabling to others but to be improving yourselves. |
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him. |
The envious person grows lean with the fatness of their neighbor. |
The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods |
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. |
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. |
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be. |
The hottest love has the coldest end. |
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows. |
The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be |
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. |