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7/18/2019 Greek Sayings
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• The beginning is half of the whole. (Plato, Laws VI, 753e)
• Because, as craftsmen sa, e!en the largest stones nee" smaller stones to
su##ort them. (Plato, Laws $%&e)
• 'othing great can be achie!e" without big riss. (ero"otus, *tobaeus
+ntoholog , 33)
• Those who thin clearl alwas #re!ail. (*o#hocles, -ragments)• *econ" thoughts are wiser. (uri#i"es, i##oltus /30)
• Tae our time in "eci"ing how to act, an" when "ecision is ma"e, act
with confi"ence. (Bias, *tobaeus +ntholog 1, 3%)
• + wise man shoul" not forget, but foresee. (#icharmus, -ragment /2,
iels)
• -rom a tin see" great roots can grow. (+eschlus, The Persians 54&)
• ne shoul" ne!er "isturb mu"" water or an une"ucate" man. (Isocrates,
6eorg, 6nomic *aings)
• 'e!er im#l that ou can "o things which ou shoul" not "o. (Pthagoras,
*tobaeus +ntholog +, &%)• +"!ice is sacre". (Plato, Theagis 2&&b)
• -irst thin, then act. (Theognis, *tobaeus +ntholog 1, &$)
• or is not shameful8 it is shameful not to wor. (esio", ors an" as
322)
• or"s that "o not issue in action seem hollow an" futile. (emosthenes,
&n" lnthiac 2&)