Rest is the sauce of labor

Hesiod:

“Hesiod, “If to a little you keep adding a little, and do so frequently, it will soon be a lot”

“We must also keep our sons from filthy language. For, as Democritus says, Language is the shadow of action”

Language is the shadow of action;

The way how people talk is a reflection of how they act?

I guess Socrates was quite wise: 

“Socrates, when a very impudent and disgusting young fellow kicked him on one occasion, seeing all the rest of his class vexed and impatient, even to the point of wanting to prosecute the young man, said, “What! If a young ass kicked me would you have me kick it back”

How to deal when people mock you

“when Aristophanes brought his “Clouds” on the stage, and bespattered Socrates with his gibes and flouts, and one of the spectators said, “Aren’t you vexed, Socrates, at his exhibiting you on the stage in this comic light?” he answered, “Not I, by Zeus, for I look upon the theatre as only a large supper party”

It seems that the best way to deal with impunities is through haughty humor 

Anger

“the behaviour of Archytas of Tarentum and Plato. The former, on his return from war, where he had been general, finding his land neglected, called his bailiff, and said to him, “You would have caught it, had I not been very angry”

“I would have beat you had I not been angry “

Restrain your anger

“Plato, very angry with a gluttonous and shameless slave, called his sister’s son Speusippus, and said, “Go and beat him, for I am too angry.” ”

Govern the tongue

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The Ancients

Purple Death

In Homer’s works, the term “purple death” is used to describe a particular aspect of death. One of the references can be found in “The Iliad,” where the phrase appears to convey the grim finality of death in the heat of battle. The line from “The Iliad,” Book 5, verses 82-83, describes a scene where a warrior is overtaken by death, with the term “πορφύρεος θάνατος” (porphyreos thanatos) directly translating to “purple death.” This imagery could be seen as evocative of the nobility or royal connotations of the color purple, possibly indicating a noble or significant death in battle, or it could refer to the physical appearance of a severe wound oai_citation:1,BLOOD-COLOURED SWANS: HOR. CARM. 4.1.10 AND HOMER’S PURPLE DEATH

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