Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
SOCRATESThou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
More Socrates Quotes
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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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He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
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To move the world we must move ourselves.
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It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and beauty to their highest limit.
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The great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
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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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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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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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Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
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Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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I do believe that there are gods, and in a far higher sense than that in which any of my accusers believe in them.
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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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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.
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If you don’t get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don’t want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want, you still suffer because you can’t hold on to it forever.
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