“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.”
“The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
“No man is hurt but by himself. ...Literally by how he interprets what happens to him. If he focusses on how it could have been better, he will be hurt. If he focusses on how it could have been worse, he will be happy. The same is true for women too.”
“He has the most who is most content with the least.”
“We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.”
“A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies.”
“It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.”
“Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.”
“There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.”
“Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.”
“Most men are within a finger’s breadth of being mad.”
“Calumny is only the noise of madmen.”
To one who asked what was the proper time for lunch, he said, “If a rich man, when you will; if a poor man, where you can.”
“Poverty is a virtue which one can teach oneself.”
“Modest is the color of virtue.”
“Those that have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music.”
“The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.”
“It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.”
“Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?”
“Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.”
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