- The shortest and surest way to live with honour 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 of them. »
- Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers. »
- Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of. »
- The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. »
- My belief is that to have no wants is divine. »
- Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. »
- My advice to you is get married if you find a good wife youll be happy if not, youll become a philosopher. »
- I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing. »
- I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance. »
- I thought to myself, 'I am wiser than this man neither of us knows anything that is really worthwhile, but he thinks he has knowledge when he has not, while I, having no knowledge, do not think that I have. I seem, at any rate, to be a little wiser than he is on this point I do not think that I know what I do not know. »
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