The #Wisdom #of the #Ancients left us a #legacy of #maxims #engraved in the #Temple of #Apollo at #Delphi. You're probably already familiar with some of them, but did you know that there were 147 more?
Here they are:
- Follow the Gods
- Obey the law
- Worship the gods
- Respect your parents
- Fight for justice
- Learn from your experiences
- Analyze what you've heard
- Know yourself
- Cultivate the desire to marry
- Act at the right time
- Think like a mortal
- If you're a stranger, act like one
- Honor your home
- Control yourself
- Help your friends
- Control your anger
- Exercise caution
- Esteem providence
- Don't give oaths
- Love friendship
- Persists despite difficulties
- Seeks honor
- Be a friend of wisdom
- Praise what is good
- Denigrate no one
- Praise virtue
- Do what is right
- Support your friends
- Watch out for your enemies
- Exercise the nobility of your character
- Abstain from wickedness
- Be impartial
- Protect what is yours
- Do not covet what belongs to others
- Listen to everyone
- Keep a good reputation
- Do your friends a favor
- Don't overdo it
- Don't waste your time
- Take care of your future
- Despise insolence
- Respect beggars
- Be accommodating in all things
- Educate your sons
- Be generous with what you have
- Beware of deception
- Always speak well of others
- Be a seeker of wisdom
- Give preference to what is sacred
- Act only when you know
- Turn away from the desire to kill
- Pray for things that are possible
- Consult the wise
- Test your interlocutor's morality
- Offer to others what you have received
- Don't suspect anyone
- Use your skills
- Do what you set out to do
- Honor all those who benefit you
- Don't be jealous of anyone
- Be vigilant
- Always be hopeful
- Despise the slanderer
- Earn your living with honesty
- Praise good men
- Know the judge
- Preserve your marriage
- Seize your chance
- Avoid making promises
- Let your word be unequivocal
- Make friends with those who are like you
- Control your spending
- Be happy with what you have
- Respect the shame of those who admit they were wrong
- Be willing to help
- Pray for happiness
- Learn to love your lot
- Analyze what you've heard
- Work for what you want to have
- Despise conflict
- Despise shame
- Hold your tongue
- Refrain from insolence
- Judge fairly
- Use what you have
- Judge incorruptibly
- Accuse only if your defendant is present
- Speak only if you know
- Do not act violently
- Live without sorrow
- Be gentle with others
- Finish the race without being intimidated
- Treat others with kindness
- Don't curse your children
- Guide your wife (my favorite)
- Be kind to yourself
- Be courteous
- Answer on time
- Fight gloriously
- Act in a way you won't regret
- Repent of your sins
- Control what your eye sees
- Decide in time
- Act quickly
- Preserve your friendships
- Be grateful
- Pursue harmony
- Keep a secret
- Fear those in power
- Seek your own interest
- Accept the necessary measure
- Get rid of your enemies
- Accept old age
- Do not boast of your strength
- Cultivate discretion
- Avoid hatred
- Acquire your wealth fairly
- Do not forsake honor
- Despise evil
- venture prudently into danger
- Never tire of learning
- Be thrifty
- Respect the oracles
- love those you teach
- do not criticize someone who is absent
- Respect the elders
- Teach the youngest
- Don't trust wealth
- Respect yourself
- Don't let pride be born in you
- Honor your ancestors by placing wreaths on their graves
- Sacrifice yourself for your country
- Don't be dissatisfied with life
- Do not mock the dead
- Share the burden of the unfortunate
- Be generous without ulterior motives
- Don't be sad about everything
- Give birth to children of noble lineage
- Make no promises to anyone 140 Don't try to deceive the dead
- As a mortal, be happy
- Don't rely on luck
- As a child, behave yourself
- Control your passions as a teenager
- Adult, be just
- Old man, give good advice
- At your last moment, have no regrets
