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I know nothing except of my ignorance. - [Ignorance] I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within. - [Beauty] I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. - [Politicians] If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it. - [Wealth] If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation, thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but never know how to love with men. - [Argument] Knowledge is our ultimate good. - [Knowledge] Listen not to a tale-bearer or slanderer, for he tells thee nothing out of good-will; but as he discovereth of the secrets of others, so he will of thine in turn. - [Slander] Malice drinketh up the greater part of its own poison. - [Malice] My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher. - [Marriage] My belief is to have no wants; it is divine. - [Want] No man undertakes a trade he has not learned, even the meanest; yet every one thinks himself sufficiently qualified for the hardest of all trades,--that of government. - [Government] Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. - [Life] O beloved Pan, and all ye other gods of this place, grant me to become beautiful in the inner man. - in Plato's "Phaedrus", end [Beauty] Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. - [Superiority] Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. - [Prayer] Philosophy begins with wonder. - [Philosophy] Slanderers do not hurt me, because they do not hit me. - [Slander] Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds. - [Words] The best seasoning for food in hunger; for drink, thirst. - according to Cicero [Appetite] The end of life is to be like unto God; and the soul following God, will be like unto Him; He being the beginning, middle, and end of all things. - [Life] The fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being a pretense of knowing the unknown . . . and no one knows whether death which men in their fear apprehend to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. . . . - [Death] The fewer our wants, the nearer we resemble the gods. - [Want] The greatest flood has the soonest ebb; the sorest tempest the most sudden calm; the hottest love the coldest end; and from the deepest desire oftentimes ensues the deadliest hate. - [Extremes] The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. - [Glory] The soul is cured of its maladies by certain incantations; these incantations are beautiful reasons, from which temperance is generated in souls. - [Reason] Displaying page 2 of 3 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 [2] 3
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