Quotes by Isocrates

Isocrates

Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. If you admit as friends men who seek your favor for the lowest ends, your life will be lacking in friends who will risk your displeasure for the highest good.

Favors

Men

Risk

Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought.

Communication

Mind

Say Anything

And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there does not exist an art of the kind which can implant sobriety and justice into depraved natures. Nevertheless, I do think that the study of political discourse can help more than any other thing to stimulate and form such qualities of character

Art

Character

Thinking

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

Gracious

Men

But I marvel when I observe these men setting themselves up as instructors of youth who cannot see that they are applying the analogy of an art with hard and fast rules to a creative process

Art

Creative

Men

Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you.

Children

Parent

Parenting

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 moderation over the evils which befall you.

Adversity

Evil

Grieving

Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.

Ignorant

Looks

Reputation

I maintain, then, that we should make peace, not only with the Chians, the Rhodians, the Byzantines and the Coans, but with all mankind.

Byzantine

Peace

Should

If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly fulfill, they would not be in such bad repute with the lay- public.

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Facts

Promise

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Done

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Expression

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Faithful

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Freedom

Friendship

Giving

Gracious

Grieving

Heart

Honor

Ignorant

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Iron

Looks

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Quotes by Isocrates

Isocrates

Abhor flatterers as you would deceivers; for both, if trusted, injure those who trust them. If you admit as friends men who seek your favor for the lowest ends, your life will be lacking in friends who will risk your displeasure for the highest good.

Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought.

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

But I marvel when I observe these men setting themselves up as instructors of youth who cannot see that they are applying the analogy of an art with hard and fast rules to a creative process

Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you.

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 moderation over the evils which befall you.

Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.

I maintain, then, that we should make peace, not only with the Chians, the Rhodians, the Byzantines and the Coans, but with all mankind.

If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can possibly fulfill, they would not be in such bad repute with the lay- public.

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