Quotes from Anacharsis

Play so that you may be serious.

Every man is his own chief enemy.

These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.

Written laws are like spiders' webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

[Anacharsis] laughed at him [Solon] for imagining the dishonesty and covetousness of his countrymen could be restrained by written laws, which were like spiders' webs, and would catch, it is true, the weak and poor, but easily be broken by the mighty and rich.

The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.

[On learning that the sides of a ship were four fingers thick:] The passengers are just that distance from death.

These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.

Wise men argue causes; fools decide them.

Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.

The first draught serveth for health, the second for pleasure, the third for shame, and the fourth for madness.

Wise men argue causes and fools decide them.