Occupation: Poet Birth: 522 Bc Death: 443 Bc
The forehead of every work must shine from afar..
To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know..
To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure..
Unsung, the noblest deed will die..
I will be small in small things, great among great..
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God..
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth..
It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength th….
Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else..
Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness..
Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching..
Mankind is a dream of a shadow..
Convention is the ruler of all..
To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied..
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth..
Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us..
Time is the best preserver of righteous men..
When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise..
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.
If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong..
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality..