Oratory is good only if it has the qualities of fitness for the occasion, propriety of style, and originality of treatment, while in the case of letters there is no such need whatsoever. — 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 which you are compelled to speak. On these occasions alone is speech better than silence; on… — 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
