wisdom Quotes

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

There never was a good knife made of bad steel.