Every action has its pleasures and its price.
SOCRATESThe great honor in the world is to be what we pretend to be.
More Socrates Quotes
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When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.
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Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.
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When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
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God would seem to indicate to us and not allow us to doubt that these beautiful poems are not human, or the work of man, but divine and the work of God; and that the poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
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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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It is not difficult to avoid death, gentlemen of the jury; it is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
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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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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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The hottest love has the coldest end.
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The misuse of language induces evil in the soul.
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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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The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune, nor too sorrowful in misfortune.
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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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Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.
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