Degrees Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired…

— John Tillotson

“To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on…

— Paul Kleinman

He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.

— Plato

A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive…

— Thomas a Kempis

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

— Plato

“To obtain greatness and strength, a man must have a good character. He is honorable and respected by others. We define him as intelligent,…

— Ellen J. Barrier

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the…

— Lord Chesterfield

He (the sage) is good to those who are good. He is also good to those who are not good. That is the virtue…

— Laozi

He is the wise man who has by perfect living gained the instinct of rightness by which he guides himself, whether in thought or…

— Nilakanta Sri Ram

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays…

— Hesiod

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

— William Godwin

Therefore the good man ought to be a lover of self, since he will then both benefit himself by acting nobly and aid his…

— Aristotle