Post #3269

The Wise Sayings of the SEVEN WISE MEN OF GREECE

1. Know thyself.
   Attributed to Solon of Athens.
2. Remember the end. 
   Attributed to Chilo, Spartan Philosopher, but according to Ausonius "some think that Solon said this to Croesus."
     Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end —Ecclesiasticus 7, 36. (See also Deut. 32, 29).
     Remember thy end, and let enmity cease.—Ecclesiasticus., 28, 6. (See Latin, " Finem respice.")
3. Be surety and ruin is at hand.
   Attributed to Thales of Miletus.
   (“He that hateth suretiship is sure” is a proverb from the Bible that warns against cosigning for strangers.)
4. Most men are bad.
   Attributed to Bias of Priene.
5. The mean is best.
   Attributed to Cleobulus of Lindos.
6. Know the proper season.
   Attributed to Pittacus of Mitylene.
   (Season's of life)
7. Practice is everything.
   Attributed to Periander of Corinth.
   (Life is an opportunity to learn and improve)

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If you have assumed a character beyond your strength, you have both played a poor figure in that, and neglected one that is within your powers.
—Epictetus

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Those who eat but to support life, who wed but for the sake of progeny, and who speak but to declare the truth, surmount difficulties.
—The Hitopadesa

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Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.
―George Bernard Shaw

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Old age is more to be feared than death.
—Juvenal

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