Bias z Prieny cytaty

„Trudno w sposób godny i szlachetny znieść w życiu odmianę na gorsze.”

„Ludziom specjalnie miła – nadzieja.”

„Nieszczęśliwy to ten, co nie umie znosić nieszczęścia.”

Bias z Prieny cytaty

„Człowiek odczuwa przyjemność kiedy zdobywa zysk.”

Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał Krzysztof Nowak, Warszawa 1998.

„Wielu ludziom wielkie bogactwa przypadły w udziale tylko przez czysty przypadek.”

„Zamożność osiągnęło wielu tylko z łaski losu.”

Źródło: Leksykon złotych myśli, wyboru dokonał K. Nowak, Warszawa 1998.

„Ludzie są przeważnie źli.”

„Co w życiu jest nieulękłe? Czyste sumienie.”

„Pielęgnuj mądrość ponieważ w podróży od młodości do starości, jest ona trwalsza niż jakakolwiek inna własność.”

To tłumaczenie czeka na recenzję. Czy to jest poprawne?

“Cherish wisdom as a means of travelling from youth to old age, for it is more lasting than any other possession.”

Bias z Prieny: Cytaty po angielsku

“Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“You should look into a mirror: if you look fine, do fine things; if you look ugly, correct by nobility the defect of your nature.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Seek to please all the citizens, even though
Your house may be in an ungracious city.
For such a course will favour win from all:
But haughty manners oft produce destruction.”

as reported by Demetrius of Phalerum in Apophthegms of the Seven Sages, Loeb Classical Library, volume 525 Early Greek Philosophy, p. 137

“Speak of the Gods as they are.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Great strength of body is the gift of nature;
But to be able to advise whate'er
Is most expedient for one's country's good,
Is the peculiar work of sense and wisdom.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Do not speak fast, for that shows folly.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Great riches come to many men by chance.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Whatever good fortune befalls you, attribute it to the gods.”

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 230)

“Most men are wicked.”