Art Quote by Isocrates

“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

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

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

Be gracious to all men, but choose the best to be your friends.

— Isocrates

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

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

“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

Let there be but two occasions for speech - when the subject is one which you thoroughly know and when it is one on…

— Isocrates

Whetstones are not themselves able to cut, but make iron sharp and capable of cutting.

— Isocrates

“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

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

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