“Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.”
More from Socrates on Wisdom
“He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.”
“wealth does not bring goodness, but goodness brings wealth and every other blessing, both to the individual and to the state”
“Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers.”
“By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.”
“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
“Wisdom is knowing you know nothing”
“When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.”
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.”
“Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.”
“Four things belong to a judge: to hear courteously to answer wisely to consider soberly and to decide impartially.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”