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Quotes from I. To Demonicus — Isocrates

436 BC–338 BC Greece

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Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

I. To Demonicus (-370)

If you are fond of learning, you will soon be full of learning.

I. To Demonicus (-370)

Be slow in deliberation, but be prompt to carry out your resolves.

I. To Demonicus (-370)

The greatest thing in the small compass is a sound mind in a human body. Strive with all your body to be a lover of toil, and with your soul to be a lover of wisdom, in order that with the one you may have the strength to carry out your resolves, and with the other the intelligence to foresee what is for your good.

I. To Demonicus (-370)

Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought. 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. On these occasions alone is speech better than silence; on all others, it is better to be silent than to speak.

I. To Demonicus (-370)

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