Living
Book IX, 366
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Sayings of the Seven Sages I will tell you in verse the cities, names, and sayings of the seven sages. Cleobulus of Lindus said that measure was best ; Chilon in hollow Lacedaemon said “Know thyself;” and Periander, who dwelt in Corinth, “Master anger;” Pittacus, who was from Mytilene, said “Naught in excess;” and Solon, in holy Athens, “Look at the end of life”; Bias of Priene declared that most men are evil, and Thales of Miletus said “Shun suretyship.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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