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Quotes from Greek Philosopher,
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of the circumstances.
The high-minded man must care more for truth than for what people think.
Quotes from Greek Philosopher,
As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they, that have the least with are the greatest babblers.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.
Perfect wisdom has four parts; Wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it; and temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.
When men speak ill of you, live so as nobody may believe them.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune.
Quotes from Greek Biographer,
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
Wise men, though all laws abolished, would lead the same lives.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
If you hate your enemies, you will contact such a vicious habit of mind that by degree will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear, but in being resolutely minded in a just cause.
Quotes from Greek Philosopher,
He is not only idle who does nothing, but he is idle who might be better employed.
Nature has given us two ears, two eyes and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak.
Better do a little well than a great deal badly.
Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God know what best for us.
He is richest who is content with the least, for contentment is the wealth of nature.
We cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than in having a clear conscience.
They who provide much wealth for their children but neglect to improve them in virtue do like those who feed their horses high, but never train them to be useful.
Look into your own selves and find the spark of truth that God has put in every heart and that only you can kindles to a flame.
As one man is pleased with improving his farm, another his horse, so I am daily pleased in growing better.
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be.
Let him that would move the world first move himself.
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you will become very happy; if you get a bad one, you will become a philosopher – and that is good for every man.
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