Greek Quotes

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

Only the educated are free.

All religions must be tolerated... for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Happy is he who has gained the wealth of divine thoughts, wretched is he whose beliefs about the gods are dark.

The nature of God is a circle of which the center is everywhere and the circumference is nowhere.

You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.

What we wish, that we readily believe.

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots - suspicion.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

The best protection for the people is not necessarily to believe everything people tell them.

I am a citizen of the world.

Excessive dealings with tyrants are not good for the security of free states.

Close alliances with despots are never safe for free states.

Beware lest in your anxiety to avoid war you obtain a master.

As a vessel is known by the sound, whether it be cracked or not; so men are proved, by their speeches, whether they be wise or foolish.

You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit.

No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.