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I maintain, then, that we should make peace, not only with the Chians, the Rhodians, the Byzantines and the Coans, but with all mankind.

— Isocrates VIII. On the Peace (-355)

Φημὶ δ᾿ οὖν χρῆναι ποιεῖσθαι τὴν εἰρήνην μὴ μόνον πρὸς Χίους καὶ Ῥοδίους καὶ Βυζαντίους ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἅπαντας ἀνθρώπους.

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Show at all times so strong a regard for truth that your bare word shall carry more weight than the oaths of others.

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

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Rather let it be your object to bequeath to your children a stainless name than a large fortune.

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It is the function of the ruler to use his best endeavours to make his subjects happier.

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Be not content only to praise the virtuous, but imitate them too.

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