Occupation: Biographer Birth: 45 Death: 120
To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, "Prithee," said Cleomenes, "give me cocks that will kill fighting..
Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered, and after some time then thaw a….
He who busies himself in mean occupations, produces in the very pains he takes about things of little or no use, an evidence against himself of his n….
Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause..
Spintharus, speaking in commendation of Epaminondas, says he scarce ever met with any man who knew more and spoke less..
It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything..
To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble d….
Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage..
Rest is the sweet sauce of labor..
When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'.
Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnatur….
The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these….
Note that the eating of flesh is not only physically against nature, but it also makes us spiritually coarse and gross by reason of satiety and surfe….
If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, brea….
Learn to be pleased with everything, with wealth so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with ….
Lamentation is the only musician that always, like a screech-owl, alights and sits on the roof of any angry man..
For he who gives no fuel to fire puts it out, and likewise he who does not in the beginning nurse his wrath and does not puff himself up with anger t….
We are more sensible of what is done against custom than against nature..
Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave..
Knavery is the best defense against a knave..
Xenophon says that there is no sound more pleasing than one's own praises..