Quotes

“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.” Socrates

“ Envy is the ulcer of the soul.” Socrates

“ Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.” Socrates

“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.” Socrates

“Little by little, one travels far.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“ Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.” Socrates

“The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.” Socrates

“Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“ The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.” Socrates

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“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.” Socrates

“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“ Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.” Socrates

“It's a dangerous business going out your front door.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“ Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.” Socrates

“ Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods.” Socrates

“Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.” John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.” Socrates

“ Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.” Socrates

“ I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.” Socrates

“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.” Socrates

“The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways - I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows.” Socrates