Good Sparta Quotes & Sayings

If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one. — Chilon Of Sparta

Do not let one's tongue outrun one's sense. — Chilon Of Sparta

A fine head of hair adds beauty to a good face, and terror to an ugly one. — Lycurgus Of Sparta

In all times and in all places
in Constantinople, northwestern Zambia, Victorian England, Sparta, Arabia, ... medieval France,Babylonia, ... Carthage, Mahenjo-Daro, Patagonia, Kyushu, ... Dresden
the time span between childhood and adulthood, however fleeting or prolonged, has been associated with the acquisition of virtue as it is differently defined in each society. A child may be good and morally obedient, but only in the process of arriving at womanhood or manhood does a human being become capable of virtue
that is, the qualities of mind and body that realize society's ideals. — Louise J. Kaplan

Being asked where in Greece he saw good men , he replied, 'Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta. — Diogenes

Learn how to regulate one's own house well. — Chilon Of Sparta

Men are not born equal in themselves, so I think it beneath a man to postulate that they are. If I thought myself as good as Sokrates I should be a fool; and if, not really believing it, I asked you to make me happy by assuring me of it, you would rightly despise me. So why should I insult my fellow-citizens by treating them as fools and cowards? A man who thinks himself as good as everyone else will be at no pains to grow better. On the other hand, I might think myself as good as Sokrates, and even persuade other fools to agree with me; but under a democracy, Sokrates is there in the Agora to prove me wrong. I want a city where I can find my equals and respect my betters, whoever they are; and where no one can tell me to swallow a lie because it is expedient, or some other man's will. — Mary Renault

Do not make too much haste on one's road. — Chilon Of Sparta