Let each man exercise the art he knows.
Category Archive: 448 BC
Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you.
Hunger knows no friend but its feeder.
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.
You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
You should not decide until you have heard what both have to say.
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
The wise learn many things from their enemies.