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To live well and honorably and justly are the same thing.
Sep 10, 2025
Be as you wish to seem.
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.
The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.
I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
God helps those who help themselves.
Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
The oldest, shortest words - 'yes' and 'no' - are those which require the most thought.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.
Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
We don't rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.
The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.
Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.
That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.
The ancient Greek "oral poets" all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the muse to help them remember.
The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks.
Strangers used to gather together at the cinema and sit together in the dark, like Ancient Greeks participating in the mysteries, dreaming the same dream in unison.
Experts in ancient Greek culture say that people back then didn't see their thoughts as belonging to them. When ancient Greeks had a thought, it occurred to them as a god or goddess giving an order. Apollo was telling them to be brave. Athena was telling them to fall in love. Now people hear a commercial for sour cream potato chips and rush out to buy, but now they call this free will. At least the ancient Greeks were being honest.
I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow of lines and curves could be more subtly felt than seen. Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading.
Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.
The ancient Greek definition of happiness was the full use of your powers along lines of excellence.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
The ancient Greek philosopher Epictetus taught his students that what happens to them is not as important as what they believe happens to them. In this engaging and provocative book, Eldon Taylor provides his readers with specific ways in which their beliefs can lead to success or failure in their life undertakings. Each chapter provides nuggets of wisdom as well as road maps for guiding them toward greater self-understanding, balance, responsibility, and compassion.
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Beware the barrenness of a busy life.
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
...for the object of education is to teach us to love beauty.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.
You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.