wisdom Quotes

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous.