Autres citations de cet orateur attique:
"Democracy destroys itself because it abuses its right to freedom and equality. Because it teaches its citizens to consider audacity as a right, lawlessness as a freedom, abrasive speech as equality, and anarchy as progress."
"It is more important to know where you are going than to get there quickly. Do not mistake activity for achievement." / "Réfléchis avec lenteur, mais exécute rapidement tes décisions."
"Absolute power is universally coveted, though all know that an absolute ruler has an anxious life and usually a violent death."
"Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation."
"It is not fitting that the evil produced by men should be imputed to things; let those bear the blame who make an ill use of things in themselves good."
"Always when you are about to say anything, first weigh it in your mind; for with many the tongue outruns the thought."
"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 to make it lasting; for it is as reprehensible to make many changes in one's associates as to have no friends at all."
"Hais ceux qui flattent autant que ceux qui trompent, car les uns et les autres, quand on les écoute, font tort à ceux qui les croient."
"Si tu recherches des amis qui te félicitent dans les choses blâmables, tu n'en trouveras pas qui veuillent s'exposer à te déplaire pour te représenter le bien." / "Regard as your most faithful friends, not those who praise everything you say or do, but those who criticize your mistakes."
"Never hope to conceal any shameful thing which you have done; for even if you do conceal it from others, your own heart will know."
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Un autre orateur attique est cité ici:
https://blogs.mediapart.fr/wawa/blog/091121/croit-ce-que-lon-veut-croire
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