The Delphic Maxims
- Know thyself
- Nothing too much
- Give a pledge and trouble is at hand
- Follow God
- Obey the law
- Worship the gods
- Respect your parents
- Be overcome by justice
- Know what you have learned
- Perceive what you have heard
- Know Yourself
- Intend to get married
- Know your opportunity
- Think as a mortal
- If you are a stranger act like one
- Honor the hearth
- Control yourself
- Help your friends
- Control anger
- Exercise prudence
- Honor providence
- Do not use an oath
- Love friendship
- Cling to discipline
- Pursue honor
- Long for wisdom
- Speak well of the beautiful
- Find fault with no one
- Praise those who are being excellent
- Practice what is just
- Be kind to friends
- Watch out for your enemies
- Exercise nobility of character
- Shun evil
- Be impartial
- Guard what is yours
- Shun what belongs to others
- Listen to everyone
- Be (religiously) silent
- Do a favor for a friend
- Nothing to excess
- Use time sparingly
- Foresee the future
- Despise insolence
- Have respect for suppliants
- Be accommodating in everything
- Educate your sons
- Give what you have
- Fear deceit
- Speak well of everyone
- Be a seeker of wisdom
- Choose what is divine
- Act when you know
- Shun murder
- Pray for things possible
- Consult the wise
- Test the character
- Give back what you have received
- Look down to no one
- Use your skill
- Do what you mean to do
- Honor a benefaction
- Be jealous of no one
- Be on your guard
- Praise hope
- Despise a slanderer
- Gain possessions justly
- Honor good men
- Know the judge
- Master wedding-feasts
- Recognize fortune
- Flee a pledge
- Speak plainly
- Associate with your peers
- Govern your expenses
- Be happy with what you have
- Revere a sense of shame
- Fulfill a favor
- Pray for happiness
- Be fond of fortune
- Observe what you have heard
- Work for what you can own
- Despise strife
- Detest disgrace
- Restrain the tongue
- Keep yourself from insolence
- Make just judgments
- Use what you have
- Judge incorruptibly
- Accuse one who is present
- Tell when you know
- Do not depend on strength
- Live without sorrow
- Live together meekly
- Finish the race without shrinking back
- Deal kindly with everyone
- Do not curse your sons
- Rule your wife
- Benefit yourself
- Be courteous
- Give a timely response
- Struggle with glory
- Act without repenting
- Regret falling short of the mark
- Control the eye
- Give a timely counsel
- Act quickly
- Guard friendship
- Be grateful
- Pursue harmony
- Keep deeply the top secret
- Fear ruling
- Pursue what is profitable
- Accept due measure
- Do away with enmities
- Accept old age
- Do not boast in might
- Exercise (religious) silence
- Flee enmity
- Acquire wealth justly
- Do not abandon honor
- Despise evil
- Venture into danger prudently
- Do not tire of learning
- Do not stop to be thrifty
- Admire oracles
- Love whom you rear
- Do not oppose someone absent
- Respect the elder
- Teach a youngster
- Do not trust wealth
- Respect yourself
- Do not begin to be insolent
- Crown your ancestors
- Die for your homeland
- Do not be discontented by life
- Do not make fun of the dead
- Share the load of the unfortunate
- Gratify without harming
- Grieve for no one
- Beget from noble routes
- Make promises to no one
- Do not wrong the dead
- Be well off as a mortal
- Do not trust fortune
- As a child be well-behaved
- As a youth be self-disciplined
- As of middle-age be just
- As an old man be sensible
- On reaching the end be without sorrow
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Paul Rosenberg
freemansperspective.com
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