Socrates Quotes

Socrates: Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be ... | Citatis

Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.

Socrates

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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

Zainab Salbi
- Up
- America
- Freedom
I always say three things make a writer: inspiration, obviously; perspiration, doing the work. But the third is desperation. I'm not really fit for anything else, or to have a real job. That fear drives me. The pressure has always been self inflicted.

Harlan Coben
- Job
- Inspiration
- Writer
You can't control where your heart goes.

Laura Prepon
- Heart
- You
- Control
I've always been fascinated by how the past impacts the present. For the first half of my career as a novelist, I wrote psychological suspense mysteries. I wanted to be a therapist but was told that while I was a fine diagnostician, I would be a terrible therapist because I wanted to solve everyone's problems.

M. J. Rose
- Career
- Past
- Present
When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?

Park Shin-hye
- Marriage
- Thought
- Year
I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an outsider, did give me an ability to see the country in a slightly detached way. I suppose I was made aware of what Englishness actually is because I only became immersed in it later in life.

Rachel Cusk
- Life
- Country
- Parents