38 quotes
Classical Athenian playwright
“Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.”
"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life."
on Happiness
"This is courage ... to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends."
on Courage
"A coward turns away but a brave man's choice is danger."
"To persevere trusting in what hopes he has is courage. The coward despairs."
"It was my tongue that swore my heart is unsworn."
on Love
"Cleverness is not wisdom."
on Wisdom
"It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends."
on Friendship
"That man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more garnering the simple goodness of a life."
"Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity is full of friends."
"One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives."
on Relationships
"The wisest men follow their own direction."
"In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side."
"Try thyself first and after call in God. For to the worker God himself lends aid."
on Faith
"Your very silence shows you agree."
on Truth
"The worst the least curable hatred is that which has superseded deep love."
"I would prefer as a friend a good man who is ignorant than one more clever who is evil too."
"Every man is like the company he is wont to keep."
on Philosophy
"Friends show their love - in times of trouble not in happiness."
"Sufficiency's enough for men of sense."
"No one is happy all his life long."
