Make no man your friend before inquiring how he has used his former friends; for you must expect him to treat you as he has treated them. Be slow to give your friendship, but when you have given it, strive… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“It was the principle of this Court that deterrent laws, however strict, are useless without positive moral discipline; that the happiness of citizens depends,… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
We should not call a city happy because it attracts masses of citizens from everywhere; a fortunate city is one in which the race… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
If all who are engaged in the profession of education were willing to state the facts instead of making greater promises than they can… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Oratory is good only if it has the qualities of fitness for the occasion, propriety of style, and originality of treatment, while in the… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Consider that nothing in human life is stable; for then you will not exult overmuch in prosperity, nor grieve overmuch in adversity. Rejoice over… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“Their successors, instead of ruling for the good of their subjects, tyrannize for their own; and they met with the fate of tyrants. No… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
Whetstones are not themselves able to cut, but make iron sharp and capable of cutting. — Isocrates Copy Share Image
And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there does not… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“Whom, then, do I call educated, since I exclude the arts and sciences and specialties? First, those who manage well the circumstances which they… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
It is not fitting that the evil produced by men should be imputed to things; let those bear the blame who make an ill… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world,… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“It is up-hill work to oppose our prejudices; we have a democracy, but freedom of speech is enjoyed only by the most foolish members… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“Absolute power is universally coveted, though all know that an absolute ruler has an anxious life and usually a violent death.” — Isocrates Copy Share Image
