Greece Quotes

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
The gods too are fond of a joke.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
The law is reason, free from passion.
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
The secret to humor is surprise.
The soul never thinks without a picture.
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