Andromedian and Hellenic WIZDOM by Aristophanes, Thales, Solon, Anacreon, Aristoteles, Democretos, Platon, Pythagoras, Heracleto 1.IT IS GREATLY INSANE TO BE AFRAID OF DEATH, BECAUSE DEATH IS INEVITABLE. 2.THOSE WHO BECOME RICH FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMON, IMMEDIATELY BECOME UNFAIR, CONSPIRE AGAINST THE PEOPLE AND FIGHT AGAINST THEM. 3.NO MATTER HOW FAR THOU ART, FORGET NOT THY FRIENDS. 4.THE WIZE MAN LEARNETH A LOT FROM HIS ENEMIESTHOU 5. NEVER FINDEST HEROES IN THE DARK 6.WHOEVER LOVETH CIVIL WAR, HATH NOT A HOMELAND. 7.WHEN THOU LIVEST UPON THE HILLS, LIKE THE BIRDS, THOU ART SAFER. 8.THE GREATEST AND MOST PLEASANT ACHIEVEMENT IS NO OTHER, THAN TO OBTAIN WINGS. 9.THOU CANST NOT SELL PROPHECIES TO THY OWN HOMELAND 10.WEALTH IS EXTREMELY COWARD 11.I AM GRATEFUL THAT I WAS BORN A HUMAN AND NOT A BEAST, A MAN AND NOT A WOMAN, AND A HELLENE (GREEK) AND NOT A BARBARIAN. 12.NEED IS THE STRONGEST, FOR IT DOMINATETH ABOVE ALL. 13.TIME IS THE WISEST, FOR IT DISCOVERETH EVERYTHING. 14.MIND IS THE FASTEST, FOR IT RUNETH EVERYWHERE. 15.SPACE IS THE LARGEST, FOR IT FITETH EVERYTHING. 16.KNOWING THYSELF IS THE MOST DIFFICULT 17.WORDS ARE THE MIRROR OF ACTIONS 18.LAWS ARE LIKE THE SPIDER WEB: THEY TRAP THE LIGHT AND WEAK, BUT THEY TEAR APART UNDER THE HEAVY AND LARGE. 19.MAKE NOT FRIENDS HASTILY AND ABANDON NOT THOSE THAT THOU OBTAINEST. 20.ASSUME AUTHORITY ONLY AFTER THOU HAST LEARNT TO BE CONTROLLED. 21.GIVE NOT PLEASANT ADVICES, BUT CORRECT ONES. 22.SINCE DEATH IS INEVITABLE, WHY NEED I GOLD? 23.LET THE ONE, WHO LOVED MONEY, BE LOST FIRST. 24.THE ROOTS OF EDUCATION ARE BITTER, HOWEVER, ITS FRUITS ARE SWEET. 25.A FRIEND IS A SOUL WHO LIVETH IN TWO BODIES 26.WE DO GOOD TO FRIENDS, WHEN WE DO TO THEM THAT WHICH WE WANT THEM TO DO TO US 27.JUSTICE IS A VIRTUE OF THE SOUL WHICH GIVETH TO EACH WHAT HE DESERVETH 28.ALL PEOPLE, BY NATURE, DESIRE KNOWLEDGE. 29.THOU SHOULDST COME OUT OF LIFE AS OF A FEAST WITHOUT BEING THIRSTY OR DRUNK 30.WE ARE ALL FRIENDS OF THOSE WHO ARE HAPPY; HOWEVER, FOR THOSE WHO ARE MISERABLE A FRIEND IS NOT EVEN THE PERSON WHO GAVE BIRTH TO THEM. 31.BRAVER IS HE WHO PREVAILETH OVER HIS DESIRES RATHER THAN HE WHO DEFEATETH HIS ENEMIES; BECAUSE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO BEAT HIMSELF. 32.HOPE IS THE DREAM OF SOMEONE WHO DOTH NOT SLEEP 33.IT IS UNPLEASANT TO BE GOVERNED BY INFERIOR PEOPLE 34.FAIR PEOPLE WHO DO NO WRONGS, NEED NOT LAWS. 35.THE CORRUPTION OF LANGUAGE CAUSES DISTURBANCE OF SANITY 36.STAINING THY SOUL WITH LACK OF SELF-RESTRAINT IS WORSE THAN DEATH 37.THOU CANST NOT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE 38.EDUCATION IS ANOTHER SUN 39.EVERYTHING FLOWS 40.NATURE LIKETH TO HIDE 41.WHERE IS THEIR MIND OR THEIR LOGIC? THEY GET PERSUADED BY THE SINGERS AND THEY TAKE THE MASS-MEN FOR THEIR TEACHER, FORGETTING THAT THE MANY ARE BAD AND THE GOOD ARE FEW. 42.FOR ME ONE MAN IS A MILLION, IF HE IS ARISTOS. 43.PLEASURE IS DIFFERENT FOR THE HORSE, FOR THE DOG AND FOR MAN: DONKEYS WOULD PREFER GRASS TO GOLD; FOR THEM FOOD IS MORE PLEASANT THAN GOLD. 44.PIGS WASH IN THE DUMP, BIRDS IN THE DUST OR ASH. 45.ARISTOS MUST NOT ENJOY IT IN THE SWAMP. PIGS ENJOY IT MORE IN THE SWAMP THAN IN THE CLEAN WATER. 46.IF HAPPINESS CAME FROM CARNAL PLEASURES, WE WOULD SAY THAT THE COWS ARE HAPPY WHEN THEY FIND GRASS. 47.WHOEVER ASKETH FOR GOLD DIGETH A LOT AND FINDETH A LITTLE. 48.WAR, FATHER OF ALL AND OF ALL KING. HE SHOWDETH THE GODS, AND HE SHOWDETH THE MEN. HE MADETH THE SLAVES AND HE MADETH THE FREE.ON THE CYCLES CIRCUMFERENCE, START AND END COINCIDE. 49.EVERYTHING IS GOVERNED BY THE THUNDER. 50.FIRE WILL COME AGAIN, TO DOMINATE AND JUDGE EVERYTHING 51.IF THOU HOPEST NOT, THOU WILT NOT FIND THE HOPELESS, WHICH IS UNSEARCHED AND UNAPPROACHED. 52.THE LORD, WHOSE ORACLE IS IN DELPHI, NEITHER SAYETH NOR HIDETH, BUT MEANETH.(SPEAKING ABOUT GOD APOLLON) 53.THE WAY UP AND THE WAY DOWN IS ONE AND THE SAME. 54.THE NAME OF THE BOW IS LIFE, BUT ITS WORK IS DEATH. 55.FOR THE SOULS DEATH IS TO BECOME WATER, FOR WATER DEATH IS TO BECOME EARTH. FROM EARTH WATER IS BORN AND FROM WATER SOUL. 56.THIS WORLD, FOR ALL COMMON, NEITHER SOME MAN NOR GOD CREATEDETH, BUT IT WAS FOR EVER, IT IS AND WILL BE FIRE EVER-ALIVE, SWITCHING ON AND OFF PERIODICALLY. 57.THINGS AWAIT THE DEAD ONES, THAT THEY NEITHER HOPE NOR IMAGINE. 58.THIS IS WIZDOM: TO CONCEIVE THE THOUGHT THAT GOVERNETH EVERYTHING THROUGH EVERYTHING.(UNIVERSAL MIND) 59.I ASKED FOR MINSELF 60.IT IS MORE URGENT TO EXTINGUISH HYBRIS (ARROGANCE) THAN FIRE. 61.CITIZENS MUST FIGHT FOR NOMOS (UNIVERSAL LAW) LIKE THEY FIGHT FOR THEIR CITY-WALLS. 62.CORPSES ARE MORE USELESS THAN DIRT 63.DOGS BARK AT THE UNKNOWN 64.SICKNESS MAKETH HEALTH A GOOD THING, HUNGER CONTENTION AND EXHAUSTION REST. 65.GODS AND MEN HONOUR THE ONES WHO DIED IN BATTLE 66.EITH YE NEVER LACK THE WEALTH, OH EPHESIANS, SO YOUR CUNNINGNESS BE EVER OBVIOUS. 67.IF DARKNESS CHASES THEE AND IF THOU TURNEST NOT AROUND TO FACE AND FIGHT IT, IT SHALL ALWAYS DEFINE THE ROAD OF THY ESCAPE AND THE ROAD OF THY ENDING. 68.YE WERE UNABLE TO COME CLOSE TO US
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