Epicurus Quote by Epicurus

The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

— Epicurus

“The noble man wants to create something new and a new virtue. The good want the old, and that old should be preserved.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Virtue is the desire of things honourable and the power of attaining them.”

— Plato

“Man is more noble dead than alive, because in returning to the earth he becomes earth, and nothing is nobler than the earth that…

— Tahar ben Jelloun

“Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man's features, any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them.”

— Henry David Thoreau

“Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, for the greatest is the possession of friendship.”

— Epicurus

“He studies virtues, vices, flaws and merits, the wisdom and puerility of others.”

— Stefan Zweig

“To be good is noble. To tell other people how to be good is even nobler and much less trouble”

— Mark Twain

“Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Wisdom or intelligence and prudence are intellectual, liberality and temperance are moral virtues.”

— Aristotle

“Taught by centuries of living, the republic of immortal men had achieved a perfection of tolerance, almost of disdain. They knew that over an…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Has not one of the poets said that a noble friend is the best gift and a noble enemy the next best?”

— C.S. Lewis