Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Bias of Priene

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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Bias of Priene

Bias of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and was renowned for his probity.

601 BC - 531 BC
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.
He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom. — © Bias of Priene
He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.
Speak of the Gods as they are.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.
The majority is wicked.
Hear much; speak little.
Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.
Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.
What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone.
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