Search results for Ancient Greek maxim (associated with Socrates and Plato)

Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

William Shakespeare

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

William Shakespeare

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

William Shakespeare

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

John Adams

National honor is national property of the highest value.

James Monroe

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

John Quincy Adams, John Dryden

No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.

James K. Polk

I have always done my duty. I am ready to die. My only regret is for the friends I leave behind me.

Robert E. Lee

What is right and what is practicable are two different things.

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