Nice Quotes #63: Socrates

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The hottest love has the coldest end

Socrates


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The greatest way to live with honour in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

Be as you wish to seem.

Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart’s desire; the other is to get it.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

Be nicer than necessary to everyone you meet. Everyone is fighting some kind of battle.

To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that it is the greatest of evils.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

If you want to be a good saddler, saddle the worst horse; for if you can tame one, you can tame all.

I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.