Pittacus Of Mytilene Quotes & Sayings

#1. You should know which opportunities to choose.

#2. Cultivate truth, good faith, experience, cleverness, sociability, and industry.

#3. Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

#4. Know the right moment.

#5. Seize time by the forelock.

#6. What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.

#7. Do not reproach a man with his misfortunes, fearing lest Nemesis may overtake you.

#8. Do not to your neighbor what you would take ill from him.

#9. Know your opportunity.

#10. That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.

#11. Measure a person by what they do with power.

#12. Speak no ill of a friend, nor even of an enemy.

#13. Do well the duty that lies before you.

#14. The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.

Pittacus Of Mytilene Quotes