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I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so read more
I'll tell the names and sayings and the places of their birth,
Of the seven great ancient sages so renowned on Grecian earth,
The Lindian Cleobulus said, "The mean was still the best";
The Spartan Chilo said, "Know thyself," a heaven-born phrase
confessed.
Corinthian Periander taught "Our anger to command,"
"Too much of nothing," Pittacus, from Mitylene's strand;
Athenian Solon this advised, "Look to the end of life,"
And Bias from Priene showed, "Bad men are the most rife";
Milesian Thales uregd that "None should e'er a surety be";
Few were there words, but if you look, you'll much in little see.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Beat all your feathers as flat as pancakes.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
He tells old wives' tales much to the point.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
Sinnes are not knowne till they bee acted.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
How commentators each dark passage shun,
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
In the end truth will out.
In the end truth will out.
