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 | "By all means marry; if you get a good wife you?ll become happy; if
you get a bad one you?ll become a philosopher." | |
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Found in the topic Advice.
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| "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." | |
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Found in the topic Think.
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| "A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to
indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution of body nor
knowledge of mind." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he
will be sure to repent." | |
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Found in the topic Celibacy.
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| "To gain a good reputation, endeavor to be what you desire to
appear." | |
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Found in the topic Desire.
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| "Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best
what is good for us." | |
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Found in the topic Praise.
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| "Let him that would move the world, first move himself." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "See one promontory, one mountain, one sea, one river, and see
all." | |
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Found in the topic River.
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| "If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone
must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their
own and depart." | |
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Found in the topic Misfortunes.
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| "The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be
in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find
that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice
and experience of them." | |
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Found in the topic Practice.
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| "If a rich man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until
it is known how he employs it." | |
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Found in the topic Wealth.
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| "Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds." | |
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Found in the topic False.
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| "Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to
himself, ?How many things I have no need of!?" | |
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Found in the topic Content.
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| "There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance." | |
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Found in the topic If.
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| "Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions, but
those who kindly reprove thy faults." | |
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Found in the topic Friendship.
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| "Bad men live to eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink in
order to live." | |
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Found in the topic Gluttony.
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| "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." | |
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Found in the topic Citizen.
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| "I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know
nothing." | |
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Found in the topic Expectation.
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| "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men?s writings, so
that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for." | |
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Found in the topic Improve.
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| "Could I climb the highest place in Athens, I would lift my voice and
proclaim, "Fellow citizens, why do you turn and scrape every stone to
gather wealth and take so little care of your children to whom one day you
must relinquish it all?"" | |
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Found in the topic Children.
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