Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.
Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal. - Periander
- Periander
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves. - Periander
Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.
Democracy is better than tyranny. - Periander
Democracy is better than tyranny.
Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect. - Periander
Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.
Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude). - Periander
Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).
The useful and the beautiful are never separated. - Periander
The useful and the beautiful are never separated.
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin. - Periander
He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it. - Periander
He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth. - Periander
He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.
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