Socrates Quotes on Character

5 quotes

  1. An honest man is always a child.

  2. If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

  3. Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.

  4. 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 find, that all human virtues increase and strengthen themselves by the practice of them.

  5. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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