The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
An unexamined life is not worth living.
To find yourself, think for yourself.
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
Let him that would move the world, first move himself.
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
The greatest blessings come to those who realize their own blessings.
I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
The only intelligent response to the ongoing search for truth is to seek it out yourself.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
Through wisdom, comes security.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Every action has its pleasures and its prices.
Most of our disappointments are derived from our foolish propensity to believe people are wiser than they appear.
Be as you wish your soul to be.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
The only true way to live is to wake up every morning as if you just realized you were going to die.
Those who are hardest to deal with can teach us the most.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
One who is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
If you think you can do something, you will succeed.
Virtue does not come from wealth, but from a mixture of wealth and other good things.
The hottest love has the coldest end.
Be as you wish your soul to be.
The only true way to live is to wake up every morning as if you just realized you were going to die.
Nothing that is good and nothing that is evil happens by chance, but everything for a purpose.
An army of lovers cannot fail.
He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.
Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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.
All men’s souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.
Courage is knowing what not to fear.
Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.
Remember that there is no wisdom greater than kindness.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.
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