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650 Greek Quotes

Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, for the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Wisdom Life Greatest Friendship
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The purpose of all knowledge, metaphysical as well as scientific, is to achieve what Epicurus called ataraxia, freedom from irrational fears and anxieties of all sorts—in brief, peace of mind.

Knowledge Achieve Freedom Mind
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The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.

Wise man Share Great Treasure
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We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

We Someone Eat Something
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Death is nothing to us, because a body that has been dispersed into elements experiences no sensations, and the absence of sensation is nothing to us.

Death Body Sensation Nothing
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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

Misfortune Wise Reason Life
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Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

Happiness Man's Aim Life
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Being happy is knowing how to be content with little
Being Happy Knowing Content
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To be rich is not the end, but only a change, of worries.

Rich End Change Worries
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Live your life without attracting attention.

Live Life Attracting Attention
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Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul.

Pleasure Choice Pain Soul
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The noble soul occupies itself with wisdom and friendship.

Noble Soul Wisdom Friendship
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The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Misfortune Wise Prosperity Fool
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Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

Pleasure End Living Happily
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Only the just man enjoys peace of mind.

Only Man Peace Mind
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Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed.

Justice Contract Men Harming
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The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God.

Laws Nature Thoughts God
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Things which are equal to the same thing are also equal to one another.

Things Equal One another
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And the whole is greater than the part.

Whole Greater Part
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Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.

Anger Fear Kindness Respect
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The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.

Anger Rages Dearest Love
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No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

No one Confidently Living Tomorrow
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Experience, travel - these are an education in themselves.

Experience Travel Education
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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.

God Wishes Destroy Angry
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It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.

Good thing Rich Strong Loved
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I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief

Friend Gratitude Prosperity Grief
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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

Talk Sense You Foolish
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Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour

Hate Bottomless Pour
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Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything
Nothing We Hope Everything
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Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

Question Everything Learn Nothing
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.

Loyal Friend Worth Relatives
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This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.

Slavery Speak Thought
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Let no one think of me that I am humble or weak or passive; let them understand I am of a different kind: dangerous to my enemies, loyal to my friends. To such a life glory belongs.

Think Humble Friends Life
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Cleverness is not wisdom

Cleverness Wisdom
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He is not a lover who does not love forever.

He Lover Forever
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In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.

Case Dare Never Judge
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Your very silence shows you agree.

Your Silence Shows Agree
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Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
Mistake Rule Force Power
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Of all creatures that can feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive

Creatures Feel Women Worst
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The wisest men follow their own direction.

Wiset Men Follow Direction
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

Waste Tears Old Grief
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
Dark Moment Focus Light
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A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
Good Decision Knowledge Based
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We are twice armed if we fight with faith.
Twice Fight Faith With
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Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.
Root Stem Evil Every
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The madness of love is the greatest of heaven’s blessings.

Love Heaven Blessing Madness
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There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.

Gain Wisdom Lover Honor
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The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.

Secret Business Know Something
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A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

A man Works evil Bad advice Worst
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Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascination of her shape. It's your barn she's after.
Sweet talking Woman Good sense Fascination
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