Saturday 3 July 2021

A Bit Of Confucius And Others.

Old fashioned good advice.


" Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall. " 
Confucius 551 BC- 479 BC

" Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards. "
Diogenes 412 BC - 323 BC

" Life is really simple but we insist on making it complicated. "
Confucius 551 BC - 479 BC

" Most mothers are instinctive philosophers. "
Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811 - 1896

" The more man meditates upon good thoughts,
 the better will be his world and the world at large. "
Confucius 551 BC - 479 BC

" For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, 
which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, 
but to live well belongs to all. "
Lactantius 240 -320

" Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing.
 It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, 
but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. "
Confucius 551 BC - 479 BC

" By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; 
if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. "
Socrates 469 BC - 399 BC

" While there is life, there is hope. "
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106 BC - 43 BC

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