60.
. Be jealous of no one
61.
. Be on your guard
62.
. Praise hope
63.
. Hate a false accusation
64.
. Gain possessions justly
65.
. Honour good men
66.
. Know the person who judges
67.
. Submit t married life
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68.
. Believe in good luck
69.
. Do not sign a guarantee when obtaining a loan 70.
. Speak plainly
71.
. Associate with your peers
72.
. Govern your expenses
73.
. Be happy with what you have
74.
. Revere a sense of shame
75.
. Fulfill a favor
76.
. Pray for happiness
77.
. Be fond of fortune
78.
. Observe what you have heard
79.
. Work for what you can own
80.
. Despise strife
81.
. Detest disgrace
82.
. Restrain your tongue
83.
. Guard against violent and offensive behavior 84.
. Judge in a just way
85.
. Use what you have
86.
. Judge without accepting gifts
87.
. Accuse someone (only) when he is present 88.
. Speak (only) when you know
89.
. Do not behave in a violent way
90.
. Live without sorrow
91.
. Behave with gentleness to others
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92.
. Complete your activities without fear
and without shrinking back.
93.
. Treat everyone with kindness and friendship 94.
. Do not curse your sons
95.
. Govern your wife
96.
. Benefit yourself
97.
. Behave with a friendly and courteous manner 98.
. Respond in a timely way
99.
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. Struggle without losing your good reputation 100.
. Act without repenting
101.
. When you err, repent
102.
. Control your eyes
103.
. Think without time limits
104.
. Act quickly
105.
. Guard friendship
106.
. Be grateful
107.
. Pursue harmonic co-existence
108.
. Do not reveal entrusted secrets
109.
. Fear ruling
110.
. Pursue what is profitable
111.
. Accept opportunity with pleasure
112.
. Do away with enmities
113.
. Accept old age
114.
. Do not boast about your physical strength 115.
. Your words should be words of kindness and respect 116.
. Flee enmity
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117.
. Acquire wealth in a just way
118.
. Do not abandon what you have decided to do 119.
. Despise evil
120.
. Venture into danger with prudence
121.
. Do not get tired of learning
122.
. Do not leave things undone due to thrift 123.
. Admire the oracular responses (i.e. the responses of the holy men or women to questions put to them by anyone) 124.
. Love the people you feed
125.
. Do not oppose somebody absent
126.
. Respect the elders
127.
. Teach the young
128.
. Do not trust wealth
129.
. Respect yourself
130.
. Do not use insolence to govern
131.
. Honour your ancestors by placing flower wreaths on their tombs
132.
. Die for your country
133.
. Do not be discontented by life
134.
. Do not make fun of the dead
135.
. Sympathize with the unlucky
136.
. Gratify without harming
137.
. Grieve for none
138.
. Beget children from noble ancestry
139.
. Make promises to no one
140.
. Do not wrong the dead
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141.
. Be well off as a mortal
142.
. Do not trust fortune
143.
. As a child, be well behaved
144.
. As a teenager, control yourself
145.
. As middle-age, be just
146.
. As an old man, be sensible
147.
. On reaching the end, be without sorrow
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APPENDIX B: THE QUOTATIONS OF THE SEVEN
SAGES IN ANCIENT GREEK AND ENGLISH
‘The life so short, the craft so long to learn’
Hippocrates, circa 460-357 B.C.
These quotations (capitals in Ancient Greek and the translation equivalent in English) are the following:
B.1. Quotations of Cleovoulos
The quotations, according to various sources, attributed to him, were the following: 1.
. The measure (limit, analogy) in all things is the best.
2.
. Respect your father.
3.
.
Maintain your body and mind in good order.
4.
.
Like to listen and not to say too much.
5.
. It is best to know many things than to be ignorant.
6.
. You should only speak in respectful terms.
7.
(
)
.
Be a fiend to virtue, and a stranger to vice.
8.
. Hate injustice.
9.
. Be always respectful.
10.
.
To your co-citizens always advise the best.
11.
. Master pleasure.
12.
. Never do anything with violence.
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13.
. Educate your children.
14.
. Pray to fortune.
15.
. Destroy enmities.
16.
.
Consider as your enemy the enemy of the people.
17.
,
.
Do not fight with your wife and do not behave with arrogance in front of others. The first shows mainly stupidity, while the second may make others consider you to be a crazy man.
18.
,
.
Do not punish drunk slaves otherwise you will too seem to be drunk.
19.
,
,
.
Marry from your own social level because if the wife (or husband) is from a higher social level, you will acquire bosses, not relatives.
20.
Do not laugh aloud when a man mocks others, because you will draw upon your self the hate of those who are been mocked.
21.
,
.
If you are rich, do not feel proud. If you are poor, do not feel meek.
B.2. Quotations of Solon
The quotations, according to various sources, attributed to him, were the following: 1.
. Never exaggerate.
2.
,
.
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,
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.
Keep the politeness and goodness of your character more faithful than your oath.
5.
,
.
Seal up your words with silence, and your silence with the right timing.
6.
,
. Do not lie but tell the truth.
7.
. Involve yourself with the serious and worthy things.
8.
.
Do not claim to be more just them your parents.
9.
,
’
,
.
Do not acquire friends quickly.When, however, you acquire them, do not reject them quickly.
10.
,
Only when you learn how to be governed, you will know how to govern.
11.
,
.
If you ask others to justify their action, be eager to also do the same (justify your actions).
12.
,
.
Your advice should not be for the pleasurable, but for the best (or noblest).
13.
. Do not be insolent towards your co-citizens.
14.
. Do not associate with bad people.
15.
. Do have relationships with Gods.
16.
. Respect your friends.
17.
. If you don’t see something, keep silent.
18.
. Even if you know, keep silent.
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