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Category: Quotations (Page 32 of 52)

The wisest counsellor

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of July the selected quotation is by Pericles, Prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age. He promoted the arts and literature.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all

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The level of success

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of June the selected quotation is by Aesop, ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables.

The level of success is limited only by our imagination and no act kindness, however small, is ever wasted

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Reputation and appearance

The Diplo calendar 2016 realized by Stefano Baldi and Ed Gelbstein presents a selection of quotes from the Classical World for living and working better.

For the month of May the selected quotation is by Socrates, Greek (Athenian) philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He is an enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato and Xenophon.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavour to be what you desire to appear

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