Maxims and Quotations of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece

Abstract

This paper contains a set of wisdom pieces of ancient Greece, in terms of the maxims of the oracle of Delphi and the quotations of the seven sages of ancient Greece. The seven sages were Thales, Pittacos, Bias, Solon, Cleovoulos, Periandros, and Chilon. They lived in ancient Greece over 600 years B.C. and before the advent of the classical Greek philosophers, like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, etc. The purpose of this paper is to make all readers (general public, educated and not, young, old, men, women, high school, college and university students, managers, workers, professionals, etc.) aware of a set of classical quotations that could be used to help them in all walks and stages in their personal and professional life, and hopefully enable them to understand, reflect upon, and improve their relationships, in the long term.

Keywords: ancient Greek quotations, Thales, Solon, Periandros, Pittacos, Bias, Chilon, Cleovoulos, seven sages

JEL Classification: I00, I12, I31, D64, H10