Occupation: Biographer Birth: 45 Death: 120
The saying of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many the….
For the correct analogy for the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting..
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage..
Proper listening is the foundation of proper living..
To please the many is to displease the wise..
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues..
Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. "Thy words," said he, "Aristodemus, ….
Epaminondas is reported wittily to have said of a good man that died about the time of the battle of Leuctra, "How came he to have so much leisure as….
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future..
A fool cannot hold his tongue..
Ought a man to be confident that he deserves his good fortune, and think much of himself when he has overcome a nation, or city, or empire; or does f….
The wildest colts make the best horses..
The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes ….