For just as we see the bee settling on all blossoms and sipping what is best from each, so ought those who strive after education to have some knowledge of everything, and to collect what is profitable from every side.
(Letter to Demonicus)

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Never emulate those who gain by injustice.

Isocrates (Letter to Demonicus)

If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.

Isocrates (Ad Doemonicum)

When you design to ask any one's advice, consider how he has acted in his own behalf. 

Isocrates (Letter to Demonicus)

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