Bias of Priene
Bias of Priene was a Greek sage. He is widely accepted as one of the Seven Sages of Greece and spent his life working as a legal advocate free of charge for those who had been wronged. He also served as an envoy for Priene during mediation in a conflict with Samos, but he was unsuccessful.
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Trending topics shown first"Cherish wisdom as a means of travelling from youth to old age, for it is more lasting than any other possession."
"Choose the course which you adopt with deliberation; but when you have adopted it, then persevere in it with firmness."
"You should look into a mirror: if you look fine, do fine things; if you look ugly, correct by nobility the defect of your nature."
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