Bias of Priene Quotes
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
Most men are wicked.
Do not praise an undeserving man because of his riches.
Great strength of body is the gift of nature;
But to be able to advise whate'er
Is most expedient for one's country's good,
Is the peculiar work of sense and wisdom.
Accept of things, having procured them by persuasion, not by force.
Seek to please all the citizens, even though
Your house may be in an ungracious city.
For such a course will favour win from all:
But haughty manners oft produce destruction.
Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness.
Great riches come to many men by chance.
