It is not fitting that the evil produced by men should be imputed to things; let those bear the blame who make an ill use of things in themselves good.
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing s… - Isocrates
It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement. Remember that there is nothing s…
- Isocrates
Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation. - Isocrates
Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.
If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed. - Isocrates
If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.
Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought. - Isocrates
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. - Isocrates
Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.
Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on which you are compelled to speak.… - Isocrates
Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on which you are compelled to speak.…
Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes. - Isocrates
Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes.
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made t… - Isocrates
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and she has made t…
Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal. - Isocrates
Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.
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