Quote #83
Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
More from Socrates
- Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
- To find yourself, think for yourself.
- The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
- To need nothing is divine, and the less a man needs the nearer does he approach to divinity.
- The shortest and surest way to live with honour in the world, is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall f…
- True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
- The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.
- True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.