as reported by Demetrius of Phalerum in Apophthegms of the Seven Sages, Loeb Classical Library, volume 525 Early Greek Philosophy, p. 137
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You should look into a mirror: if you look fine, do fine things; if you look ugly, correct by nobility the defect of your nature.
— Bias of Priene
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "You should look into a mirror: if you look fine, do fine things; if you look ugly, correct by nobility the defect of your nature." in the context of "as reported by Demetrius of Phalerum in Apophthegms of the Seven Sages, Loeb Classical Library, volume 525 Early Greek Philosophy, p. 137" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Bias of Priene
Bias (Greek: Βίας ο Πριηνεὺς, 6th century BC), the son of Teutamus and a citizen of Priene was a Greek philosopher. Satyrus called him the wisest of all the Seven Sages of Greece.
About Bias of Priene
Bias (Greek: Βίας ο Πριηνεὺς, 6th century BC), the son of Teutamus and a citizen of Priene was a Greek philosopher. Satyrus called him the wisest of all the Seven Sages of Greece.
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