Seek no excess—all timely things are good. - Chilon of Sparta

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Seek no excess—all timely things are good.

Chilon of Sparta

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About Chilon of Sparta

Chilon (fl. 555 BC) was a Spartan politician reckoned one of the seven wise men.

Native Name: Χίλων ο Λακεδαιμόνιος

Originators like Chilon of Sparta:

To prefer punishment to disgraceful gain; for the one is painful but once, but the other for one’s whole life.

Not to speak evil of the dead.

Not to make too much haste on one’s road.