Isocrates Quotes

With these examples before you, you should aspire to nobility of character, and not only abide by what I have said, but acquaint yourself with the best things in the poets as well, and learn from the...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 51-52.

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I shall be most grateful to the gods if I am not disappointed in the opinion which I have of you. For, while we find that the great majority of other men seek the society of those friends who join...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 45-46.

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Do not be surprised that many things which I have said do not apply to your at your present age. For I also have not overlooked this fact, but I have deliberately chosen to employ this one treatise,...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 44.

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Be more careful in guarding against censure than against danger; for the wicked may well dread the end of life, but good men should dread ignominy during life. Strive by all means to live in...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 43.

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Consider that nothing in human life is stable; for then you will not exult overmuch in prosperity, nor grieve overmuch in adversity. Rejoice over the good things which come to you, but grieve in...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 42.

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Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought. Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 41.

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The greatest thing in the small compass is a sound mind in a human body. Strive with all your body to be a lover of toil, and with your soul to be a lover of wisdom, in order that with the one you...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 40.

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Believe that many precepts are better than much wealth; for wealth quickly fails us, but precepts abide through all time; for wisdom alone of all possessions is imperishable. Do not hesitate to...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 19.

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If you love knowledge, you will be a master of knowledge. What you have come to know, preserve by exercise; what you have not learned, seek to add to your knowledge; for it is as reprehensible to...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 18.

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Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation. In all things resolve to act as though the whole world would see...

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To Demonicus - Ad Demonicum, as translated in Isocrates with an English translation by George Norlin - 1923. Verse 17.

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