He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
SOCRATESAre you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
More Socrates Quotes
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Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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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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Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
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I don’t know why I did it, I don’t know why I enjoyed it, and I don’t know why I’ll do it again.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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An unconsidered life is not one worth living.
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Prefer knowledge to wealth, for the one is transitory, the other perpetual.
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms.
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If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
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Wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state.
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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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Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.
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