Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
SocratesWealth does not bring about excellence (aka aretรฉ), but excellence (aka aretรฉ) brings about wealth and all other public and private blessings for men.
SocratesI have lived long enough to learn how much there is I can really do without.... He is nearest to God who needs the fewest things.
SocratesYoung people nowadays love luxury; they have bad manners and contempt for authority. They show disrespect for old people... contradict their parents, talk constantly in front of company, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers.
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