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May Quotes by Socrates
- Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.
- Who knows if to live is to be dead, and to be dead, to live? And we really, it may be, are dead; in fact…
- I pray Thee, O God, that I may be beautiful within.
- May the outward and inward man be at one.
- To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do…
- To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does…
- Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled…
- In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one being an innate…
- Most people, including ourselves, live in a world of relative ignorance. We are even comfortable with that ignorance, because it is all we know. When…
- My friend...care for your psyche...know thyself, for once we know ourselves, we may learn how to care for ourselves
- For this fear of death is indeed the pretense of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown; since no one…
- It is a disgrace to grow old through sheer carelessness before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength and…
- Whatever authority I may have rests solely on knowing how little I know.
- Talk in order that I may see you.
- One ought not to return injustice, nor do evil to anybody in the world, no matter what one may have suffered from them.
- Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.
More May Quotes
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- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare