Periander Quotes

• Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

  Periander

  Good Life, Judging, Tree

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• Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

  Periander

  Good Life, Honor, Pleasure

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• Freedom is a clear conscience.

  Periander

  Clear, Clear Conscience, Conscience

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• Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

  Periander

  Depression, Good Life, Adversity

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• Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

  Periander

  Practice, Perfect, Practice Makes Perfect

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• He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

  Periander

  Speak, Notorious, Made

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• He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.

  Periander

  Wicked, Rue

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• He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.

  Periander

  Men, Safety, Wicked

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• However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.

  Periander

  Humble, Should, Despise

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• The useful and the beautiful are never separated.

  Periander

  Beautiful, Usefulness

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• Democracy is better than tyranny.

  Periander

  Military, Democracy, Tyranny

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• Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).

  Periander

  Good Life, Impossible, Fortitude

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• The saying, "Practice is everything," is Periander's.

  Periander

  Motivation, Hard Work, Practice

  "The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers". Book by by Diogenes Laërtius, Book 1: The Seven Sages, 6, 1925.

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