“The greatest thing in the small compass is a sound mind in a human body.”

— Isocrates

Verse 40.
To Demonicus
Context: 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.

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