Isocrates Quotes: top 24 famous quotes about Isocrates

Isocrates Quotes & Sayings

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We are defined by how we use our power. — Gerry Spence

Conduct yourself towards your parents as you would have your children conduct themselves towards you. — Isocrates

Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought. — Isocrates

Be at peace now and let the tide carry you into calm water. That is all you have to do for the moment. God bless you. — Elizabeth Goudge

Whetstones are not themselves able to cut, but make iron sharp and capable of cutting. — Isocrates

Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is imortal. — Isocrates

What I should do is go over to the surgical suites and get my foot extricated from my mouth. — Gordon Gee

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

Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly. — Alain-Rene Lesage

A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game. — Charles Lamb

I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times. — Julianna Baggott

Where ignorance prevails, there an opportunity exists but the possessor of ignorance shall always be ignorant of opportunities — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Being married is kind of like being a Ken-doll; you don't get to dress yourself anymore. — Grover Norquist

Why was I born with such contemporaries? — Oscar Wilde

Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes. — Isocrates

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

If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed. — Isocrates

Name one hero who was happy. You can't. — Madeline Miller

Do not desire a long life or an early death — Radhe Maa

Eventually, we all end up alone. — Ally Carter

Come on in girls, and leave all hope behind. — Groucho Marx

With worms you can just change genes at random and see if you can find a mutant that does what you want it to do. — Cynthia Kenyon

Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation. — Isocrates

The most important factor for the development of the individual is the structure and the values of the society into which he was born. — Erich Fromm