Where there is reverence there is fear, but there is not reverence everywhere that there is fear, because fear presumably has a wider extension than reverence.

More Quotes by Socrates

Beauty is the bait which with delight allures man to enlarge his kind.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.