Be as you wish to seem.... -Socrates

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Be as you wish to seem.

Socrates , Philosopher
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Socrates Quotes to Explore

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us....
Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for....
All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine....
Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued....
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear....
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods....
By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher....
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him....
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophe...
The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be....

Wisdom Quotes to Explore

There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but ...
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning,...
Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces...
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated f...
The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb....
I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorg...
What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom....
My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me....
If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom....
After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show inst...