Chilon, son of Damagetas, was a Lacedaemonian. He wrote a poem in elegiac metre some 200 lines in length; and he declared that the excellence of a man is to divine the future so far as it can be grasped by reason.<\/p>\n
When his brother grumbled that he was not made ephor as Chilon was, the latter replied,<\/p>\n
\u201cI know how to submit to injustice and you do not.\u201d<\/p>\n
The tale is also told that he inquired of Aesop what Zeus was doing and received the answer: \u201cHe is humbling the proud and exalting the humble.\u201d<\/p>\n
Being asked wherein lies the difference between the educated and the uneducated, Chilon answered, \u201cIn good hope.\u201d<\/p>\n
What is hard? \u201cTo keep a secret, to employ leisure well, to be able to bear an injury.\u201d<\/p>\n
These again are some of his precepts:<\/p>\n
To control the tongue, especially at a banquet.
\nNot to abuse our neighbours, for if you do, things will be said about you which you will regret.
\nDo not use threats to any one; for that is womanish.
\nBe more ready to visit friends in adversity than in prosperity.
\nDo not make an extravagant marriage.
\nDe mortuis nil nisi bonum.
\nHonour old age.
\nConsult your own safety.
\nPrefer a loss to a dishonest gain: the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. Do not laugh at another\u2019s misfortune.
\nWhen strong, be merciful, if you would have the respect, not the fear, of your neighbours.
\nLearn to be a wise master in your own house.
\nLet not your tongue outrun your thought.
\nControl anger.<\/p>\n
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\nLives of the Eminent Philosophers<\/strong><\/em>
\nDiogenes La\u00ebrtius<\/strong><\/em>
\nTranslated by Robert Drew Hicks<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"