Quote of Pindar - Not every truth is the better...
Biography - Pindar:
Ancient Greek lyric poet. (*Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -552 - Died: -438
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Born: -552 - Died: -438
Period:
5th century BC
6th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
See also...
Quotes about wisdom:
This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
Quotes about silence:
What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
Pindar also said...
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