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The Seven Sages of Ancient Greece

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“Know thyself.”—Solon of Athens ^[1]
“Consider the end.”—Chilon of Sparta ^[2]
“Know thy opportunity.”—Pittacus of Mitylene ^[3]
“Most men are bad.”—Bias of Priene ^[4]
“Nothing is impossible to industry.”—Periander of Corinth ^[5]
“Avoid excesses.”—Cleobulus of Lindus ^[6]
“Suretyship is the precursor of ruin.”—Thales of Miletus ^[7]

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“If it were not for the efforts of Demetrius [of Phalerum], most of the Aesop fables know to us today would certainly have been lost. He may well have compiled his edition of Aesop as well as his book Sayings of the Seven Wise Men, from collected material in the library of Aristotle’s Lyceum at Athens, which would have been his ‘local university library’, as he was a student there for a considerable time.”

—Robert Temple in his introduction to Aesop, The Complete Fables, translated by Olivia and Robert Temple (New York: Penguin Books, 1998), p. xii.

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[1] Solon of Athens: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solon

[2] Chilon of Sparta: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilon_of_Sparta

[3] Pittacus of Mitylene: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittacus_of_Mytilene

[4] Bias of Priene: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bias_of_Priene

[5] Periander of Corinth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periander

[6] Cleobulus of Lindus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleobulus

[7] Thales of Miletus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thales_of_Miletus

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