Anacharsis Quotes
A Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BC and made a great impression as a forthright, outspoken "barbarian," apparently a forerunner of the Cynics, though none of his works have survived.
(early 6th century bc)
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A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repentance.
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Every man is his own chief enemy.
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Play so that you may be serious.
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The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.
[Drinking]
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The tongue is, at the same time, the best part of man, and his worst: with good government, none is more useful; without it, none is more mischievous.
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These written laws are just like spiders' webs; the small and feeble may be caught and entangled in them, but the rich and mighty force through and despise them.
[Law]
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Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.
[Argument]
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Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
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