tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80459230022915294362024-03-08T11:32:31.198-08:00Ancient Greek WisdomPearls of wisdom of ancient Greece, such as: Maxims, quotations, sayings, articles and description of the thoughts of ancient Greek thinkers, like the Seven Sages (Thales, Solon, etc.), Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Epicurus, Pythagoras, Empedocles, Heraclitus, The Stoics, etc.
The contents of this blog will be mainly in English but also in Greek and other languages (French, Spanisn, etc.).jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-33947537948377929642015-03-29T01:21:00.002-07:002015-03-29T01:21:18.670-07:00Mindfulness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #3c3a35; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Mindfulness <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="color: #3c3a35; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">A poem about mindfulness inspired by Ancient Greek
Wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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The illusions of my true phantasy<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reflect in the mirror of my vanity<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN">Igniting the
desires of my awareness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">To arrive at the
door of my mindfulness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For mindfulness balances my inner measures<o:p></o:p></div>
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Completing my total perishable wholeness<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="EN">Driving my
cells and atoms, daily, to total death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Giving my
whole human existence a new re-birth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Mindfulness makes me cry every day<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sensing the instance of my dire necessity<o:p></o:p></div>
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For my emotions run me to the ground<o:p></o:p></div>
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Waiting for the seeds of happiness to abound<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh! Dear mindfulness, come forward<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bring the elements of my life toward<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elevate my mind to highest consciousness<o:p></o:p></div>
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Let my soul enter the serene valley of awareness<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always
remembering the following wise sayings of the ancient Greeks</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;">: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Anaximander: ‘What is infinite is something other
than the elements, and from it the elements arise’;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Aristotle: ‘Knowing yourself is the beginning of all
wisdom’;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Democritus: ‘In truth there are only atoms and the
void’;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Epicurus: ‘The art of living well and the art of
dying well are one’;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Protagoras: ‘Man is the measure of all things’;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pyrrho:
‘By suspending judgement, one can
attain a quiet and peaceful mind’; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Socrates:
‘All I know is that I know nothing’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-52572212264037277392015-02-28T08:14:00.002-08:002015-02-28T08:14:58.289-08:00Arcadia: A Land of Bliss<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: yellow; color: #3c3a35; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-highlight: yellow;">Arcadia: A Land of Bliss<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="background: yellow; color: #3c3a35; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-highlight: yellow;">A poem about Arcadia
inspired by Ancient Greek Wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh! Holy Arcadia, land of naked
Pan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Country of colours, ideals
and great fun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Full of mountains, hills
and rocks of granite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Fables, stories and ancient
myths to ignite<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You give new ideas to our
creativity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Firing the waves of our
spirituality;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You lead us to your altar of
high altitude<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">To strengthen our bonds of
steady fortitude<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You created for Pan a fast-running
wild contest<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Providing a word to all that
defines him best;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You made him chase away
frenzy and malevolence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bonding your land of happiness
with kind benevolence<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh! Greatest and most glorious
Arcadia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alter ego of mountainous divine
Gaia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You bring us all closer to
God’s Dominion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Driving away from the traps
of eternal oblivion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">Always remembering the following story
of Kallisto:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: aqua; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-highlight: aqua;">‘KALLISTO (or Callisto) was a daughter of
the Arkadian King Lykaon, son of Pelasgos who was the first man who ever lived
in Arcadia and led his people out of their primitive stage of Golden Age and
introduced certain aspects of civilization such as eating acorns instead of
grass, leaves, and roots. They all lived in the forests and mountains in pure
innocence and harmony.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: aqua; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-highlight: aqua;">Kallisto was a hunting companion of the
goddess Artermis. Kallisto is derived from Greek <i>‘kallistos’</i>
meaning ‘most beautiful’. In ancient Greek mythology Kallisto was a nymph who
was loved by Zeus, the father of the gods. She was changed into a she-bear
by Hrea, and subsequently became the
Great Bear constellation in the sky. Kallisto was revered as a goddess
in Arcadia as her son Arkas gave this mountainous land his name, Arcadia’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-57816638695601984022015-02-22T07:02:00.004-08:002015-02-22T07:02:55.844-08:00A Call to the Master<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background: yellow; color: #3c3a35; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">A Call to the Master<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: #3c3a35; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">A poem about God
inspired by Ancient Greek Wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></span></h1>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;">I’m hiding behind </span><span lang="EN" style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-highlight: yellow;">transient</span><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"> simplicity<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Searching for ways to find
tranquility<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">To get to God’s land of
serene symmetry<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">To reach the final
milestone of harmony<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Please don’t call on me
when it’s light<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Wait for the little hours of
the long night<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">When the dawn makes my aura
so bright<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Bringing me divine energy
and might<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">For then I will be the
fearless knight<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Kind, loveable, enviable
and upright<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Clad with humility and
peaceful arms<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Preaching the Lord’s
powerful charms<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">His words make me the sweet
little boy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">So kind, good and full of
spiritual joy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">With no great fuss and bouts
of worry<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Singing lovely hymns to His
eternal glory<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Oh! Lord, my one and only
Master<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">My creator and benevolent
Father<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">To You I utter in silent perpetuity<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">The true echoes of my human trinity<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Oh! God, to your altar I always
offer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">My thoughts of love in every
prayer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">To You I call and request continuously<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">To absolute my soul from materialistic captivity<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><o:p><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"> </span></o:p></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">Always remembering two wise ancient
Greek sayings: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">‘God
humbles the arrogant and elevates the humble’ by Diogenes Laertius; and <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">‘Divinity
is beauty, wisdom, goodness and everything that is the same with these’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">
</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-highlight: yellow;">by Plato.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua;">Free e-book: ‘How to Reduce
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: aqua; color: #222222; mso-highlight: aqua;">Book inspired by ancient Greek wisdom<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: aqua; color: #222222; mso-highlight: aqua;">Published: Feb, 12 2015, by John Kyriazoglou</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: aqua;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB">Table of Contents<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(250, 235, 208); font-size: 14pt;">PART A</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color: #002060; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Prologue<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 1: The Stress Management Approach </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 2: Occupational Stress Management Action Plan </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 3: Strategy #1: Incorporate Basic Stress
Reduction Actions </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 4: Strategy #2: Add Spirituality to Your Basic
Stress Reduction Actions </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 5: Strategy #3: Improve Your Stress Reduction
Management Process with Better Relationships </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 6: Strategy #4: Strengthen Your Stress Reduction
Management Process with More Robustness </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 7: Improve Stress Efforts</span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #002060;">Chapter 8: Concluding Remarks </span><u><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="background: rgb(250, 235, 208); font-size: 14pt;">PART B<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #002060; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Over 10 appendices with examples of
Plans, Policies and Questionnaires that support Part A of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Ancient Greek Wisdom on Family<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">By John
Kyriazoglou</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Man (meaning
both genders, male and female) is a social animal. He has learnt from very old
times to live in communities and groups with other people. His family, however,
is the group that provides a safe life full of love and security. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Family is very important part of our everyday life. It
helps us improve our personality. It also helps us shape our life. It teaches
us the value of love, affection, care, truthfulness and self-confidence and
provides us tools and suggestions which are necessary to get success in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Family is a place where you can be yourself. It is a
place where you are accepted for what you are. This is where you are completely
tension free and everyone is there to help you. Family encourages you when you
are surrounded by problems. It helps you survive through tough times and brings
joy and happiness into your life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Decency and dignity are very important in the activities
of daily life. They help us make strong relationships and bonds with others and
make us come across as a very gentle, intelligent and likable person. We all love
to be in a company of such a person. Family helps bring decency and dignity into
our life which is absolutely necessary to lead a happy and balanced life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">One of the most important aims of our life is to build a
successful and highly rewarding career. Our families help us in creating a
strong future. It gives us valuable suggestion about different career
prospective. It not only guides us in choosing the best but also financially
helps us to cover the expenses of education. Thus it helps us in making a good
future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Today, most people don't realize the importance of
family. They prefer to spend most of their time with their friends. But when
they are surrounded by problems, it was their family that helped them get rid
of problems. At the time, when even our best friends refuse to help us, it was
our family that came to help us. So it is very important for each and every
individual to give importance to their families above anything else and enjoy
spending time with family members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is an example of what noted ancient Greek poets and philosophers have said
about Family and its expressions: Marriage, Wife, Children, and Parents.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Aeschylus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: ‘Every person
must honor his (or her) parents’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Aristotle</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: ‘Family is the
cell of life’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dimosthenis: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘The person who does not take care of his (or her) parents is an enemy of
both people and Gods’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Euripides: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘There are three rules to be followed by anyone who wants to be right: To
love his (or her) parents, to love other human beings and to love what is just’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Isocrates: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘We should behave towards our parents the same way we would want our
children to behave towards us’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Plato: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘You can teach children better by using the method of playing games
rather than by force’. ‘Correct education is one therapeutic way for our soul’.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Plutarch: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘There are three bases that contribute to a child’s good upbringing:
Nature, education and exercise’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Socrates: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘Education comprises the festive activities of the soul, as it includes
many games, events and activities that support and improve our souls’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sophocles: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">‘A bad woman is the worst thing that can happen to a man, and the best
gift will be a sensible woman that will come his way’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
conclusion</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">: It is very difficult, if not impossible, for anyone, to live
happily, survive and prosper without the support and long-term bonds of a
family. Also parents are considered to be the most valuable thing for all human
beings. For this exact reason we have an obligation to always respect, honor,
support and love them. Finally it is also our divine duty and moral (and legal)
responsibility to also support, love, care, educate, train and provide for our
children, to the best of our abilities, for the very simple reason that we
brought them to this world. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-41803855309656220962015-01-24T07:11:00.002-08:002015-01-24T07:11:53.105-08:00Water: Life's keeper<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Oh! Water, keeper of God’s fauna<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You fuel the arteries of eternal life<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You fill the streams and wild rivers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You give us the riches of fish and flowers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">What is evident to all, and crystal-clear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rich, poor, old, young, wise and criminal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hope and love, to time immemorial.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You’re always in a circle, non-stopping<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Promoting all life in divine bouts of eloping;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">You gratify living forms with oxygen’s purity<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cleansing all cells from carbon’s wicked toxicity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Always
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">‘Water
constitutes the principle of all things’.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-21061821621399770512013-12-30T23:09:00.002-08:002013-12-30T23:09:53.680-08:00Happy New Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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New Year to all!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is an ancient Greek quotation for your consideration and enjoyment:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">‘Do
not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you
now have was once among the things you only hoped for.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Epicurus (Greek philosopher, 341- 270 B.C.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">More
sayings, quotations and maxims of ancient Greece and how these may apply and
improve your personal, family and business life are included in my recent book<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">‘Ancient
Greek Pearls of Wisdom for the 21<sup>ST</sup> Century’ (Amazon.com).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-88647306856396879182013-12-11T23:16:00.002-08:002013-12-11T23:16:10.961-08:00Ancient Greek Wisdom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">Authored by John Kyriazoglou <br />
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</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: yellow; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">This book 'Ancient Greek Pearls of Wisdom for the 21st Century' is
about guiding and supporting you to improve your personal, professional and
business life in our current 21st century society. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-highlight: yellow;">This is achieved by:<br />
1. Presenting a set of Ancient Greek Pearls of Wisdom in each area of life
(wealth, governance, friendship, etc.) and proposing a solution in responding
to basic questions in each such area (e.g. 'Why should I believe in the Supreme
Being? and What do I need religion for in my business activities?)<br />
2. Summarizing the impact of several noted ancient Greek thinkers to the world
and the relevance of their contributions today. <br />
3. Offering you, an Improvement Approach (The Pandora Way) based on Ancient
Greek Wisdom (for each area: governance, wealth, association with others,
self-management, education and family, etc.) including: over 60 'tips', more
than 40 'golden rules' and numerous (over 20) 'recommendations' that you may
consider and use to manage yourself, your family and your business more
effectively and potentially make your life better. <br />
The ancient Greek wisdom pearls relate to: <br />
(a) The maxims, quotations and sayings (over 600) of the Oracle of Delphi, the
Seven Sages and other well-known ancient Greek thinkers: Aristotle, Plato,
Socrates, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Epicurus, etc.<br />
(b) Four hymns, the Hippocratic Oath, 9 fables of Aesop, several short stories
(over 17) and the works and thoughts of noted ancient Greek philosophers, poets
and intellectuals, such as: Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Heraclitus, Epicurus,
Pythagoras, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2014.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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jkyriazoglouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15482029934015594259noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045923002291529436.post-48066271362664015702013-02-09T00:54:00.000-08:002013-02-09T00:54:09.136-08:00Maxims of the Oracle of Delphi
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The maxims of the Oracle at Delphi were made up of very brief quotations
(two to five words) full of wisdom and moral values. The subject matter they
deal with varies from religious faith, to obedience to law, how to treat friends,
how to behave in a just manner, education, country, way of life, happiness,
etc.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"></span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">These maxims, 147 in total, were inscribed in the frontal columns at the
temple of the god Apollo, at the Oracle of Delphi. They were copied on single
marble tablets and were transported to all parts of the Ancient Greek World, as
the writing on paper or on parchment was not known at the time.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It should be noted
that these 147 maxims of Delphi embodied the complete universe of values for
the ancient Greeks. The number 147 equals 3 times 7 times 7 (or 3x7x7). The
meanings of numbers in the ancient Greek world were quite important. Number 3
represents divine perfection, and in Pythagorean terms completion. . Number 4
represents the whole creation, as there are 4 seasons in a year, 4 winds, 4
directions, 4 elements (fire, water, air and , earth), etc. Number 7 is the
combination of 3 and 4, and represents the universe. Also Apollo’s lyre
(musical instrument) had 7 strings, there were 7 sages, etc. In Pythagorean
terms 7 is a cosmic number with 3 of heaven and 4 of the world. Number 147,
being 3x7x7, represented all divine values for all universes (a universe of a
universe). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Most</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">of</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">these
maxims have</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">been</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">attributed</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">to</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">the</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">seven</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">sages</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">of</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ancient</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Greece</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Thales</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Pittacos</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Bias</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Solon</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Cleovoulos</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Periandros</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">and</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Chilon</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">These maxims (translated into English) are the
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">1. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Follow God</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">3. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Worship God</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">4. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Respect your parents.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">5. Be overcome by justice.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">6. Base your knowledge on learning.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">7. Understand after you have heard what has occurred.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">8. Know yourself.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">9. Intend to get married.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">10. Take care to know the right opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">11. Think as a mortal.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">12. Act as if you are a stranger.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">13. Honor your family.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">14. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Control yourself.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">15. Help your friends.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">16. Control your anger.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">17. Exercise prudence</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">18. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Honor</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">divine</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">providence.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">19. Do not use an oath.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">20. Love friendship</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">21. Concentrate on education</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
2<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">2. Pursue honor.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">23. Seek wisdom.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">24. Praise the good</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">25. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not accuse anyone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">26. Praise virtue.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">27.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Practice what is just.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">28. Be benevolent to your friends.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">29. Guard yourself against your enemies.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">30.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Exercise nobility of character.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">31. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Shun evil.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
3<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">2. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be interested in public affairs.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">33.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Guard what is yours.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">34. Shun what belongs to others.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">35.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Listen to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">36. Be religiously silent.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">37. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do favors for your friends.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">38.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Nothing in excess.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">39. Use time in an economical way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">40.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Look toward the future.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">41. Hate violent and offensive behavior.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">42. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Respect those who have taken refuge in holy temples.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">43.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be accommodated to all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">44. Educate your sons.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">45.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">When you have, give freely.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">46. Fear deceit.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">47. Praise everyone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">48.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be a seeker of wisdom.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">49. Judge according to divine law.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">50. Think first, act later.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">51. Shun murder.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">52. Wish for things possible.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">53. Associate with the wise.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">54. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Test the character of a person.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">55. Give back what you have received.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">56.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not suspect anyone.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">57. Exercise knowledge and skills in profession, trade or science.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">58. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Give what you mean to give.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">59.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Honor good deeds.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">60. Be jealous of no one.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">61. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be on your guard.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">62. Praise hope.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">63. Hate a false accusation.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">64.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Gain possessions justly.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">65.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Honor good men.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">66. Know the </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">person who </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">judges.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
6<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">7. Submit t</span><span lang="EL" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt;">ο</span><span lang="EL" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">married
</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">life.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">68.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Believe in good luck.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">69. Do not sign a guarantee when obtaining a loan.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">70.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Speak plainly.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">71.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Associate with your peers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">72. Govern your expenses.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">73. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be happy with what you have.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">74. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Revere a sense of shame.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">75. Fulfill a favor.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">76.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pray for happiness.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">77. Be fond of fortune.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">78.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Observe what you have heard.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">79. Work for what you can own.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">80.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Despise strife.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">81.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Detest disgrace.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">82.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Restrain your tongue.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">83.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Guard against violent and offensive behavior.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">84.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Judge in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">just way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">85.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Use what you have.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">86.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Judge without accepting gifts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">87. Accuse someone (only) when he/she is present.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">88.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Speak (only) when you know.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">89. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not behave in a violent way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">90.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Live without sorrow.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">91. Behave with gentleness to others.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">92. Complete your activities without fear and without shrinking back.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">93. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Treat everyone with kindness and friendship.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
94. <span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not curse your sons.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">95. Govern your wife.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
9<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">6.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Benefit yourself.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">97. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Behave with a friendly and courteous manner.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">98. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Respond in a timely way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">99. Struggle without losing your good reputation.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">100.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Act without repenting.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">101. When you err, repent.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">102.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Control your eyes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">103. Think without time limits.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">104.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Act quickly.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">105.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Guard friendship.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">106.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Be grateful.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">107.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pursue harmonic co-existence.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">108. Do not reveal entrusted secrets.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">109. Fear rulers (and ruling).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">110.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Pursue what is profitable.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">111.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Accept opportunity with pleasure.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">112. Do away with enmities.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">113. Accept old age.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">114. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not boast about your physical strength.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">115. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Your words should be words of kindness and respect.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">116.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Flee enmity.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">117.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Acquire wealth in a just way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">118. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not abandon what you have decided to do.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">119. Despise evil.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">120. Venture into danger with prudence.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">121. Do not get tired of learning.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">122. Do not leave things undone due to thrift.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">123. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Admire the oracular responses (i.e. the responses of
the holy men or women to questions put to them by anyone).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">124. Love the people you feed.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">125.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not oppose somebody absent.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">126. Respect the elders.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">127.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Teach the young.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">128. Do not trust wealth.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">129. Respect yourself.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">130. Do not use insolence to govern.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">131. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Honor your ancestors by placing flower wreaths on
their tombs.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">132.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Die for your country.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">133. Do not be discontented by life.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">134. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not make fun of the dead.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">135.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Sympathize with the unlucky.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">136. Gratify without harming.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">137. Grieve for nobody.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">138. Beget children from noble ancestry.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">139. Make promises to no one.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">140. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not wrong the dead.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">141. Be well off as a mortal.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">142.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Do not trust fortune.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">143. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As a child, be well behaved.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">144.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">a teenager</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">control
yourself.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">145. As middle-age, be just.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">146. As an old man, be sensible.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">147. </span><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On reaching the end, be without sorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">More maxims and quotations are contained in my forthcoming book </span><br />
<span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">'Ancient Greek Wisdom for the 231st Centurey'.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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