Delphic Maxims Masterpost

dandthegods:

Took a little bit but here is a post full of links to my interpretations of the Delphic Maxims

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First Attempts:

Delphic Maxim 1

Delphic Maxim 2

Delphic Maxim 3

Delphic Maxim 4

Full List:

1: Follow God

2: Obey the Law

3: Worship the Gods

4: Respect Your Parents

5: Be Overcome by Justice

6: Know What You Have Learned

7: Perceive What You Have Heard

8: Be/Know Yourself

9: Intend to Get Married

10: Know Your Opportunity

11: Think As A Mortal

12: If You Are A Stranger, Act Like One

13: Honor the Hearth/Hestia

14: Control Yourself

15: Help Your Friends

16: Control Anger

17: Exercise Prudence

18: Honor Providence

19: Do Not Use An Oath

20: Love Friendship

21: Cling to Discipline

22: Pursue Honor

23: Long for Wisdom

24: Speak Well of the Beautiful Good

25: Find Fault in No One

26: Praise Those Having Arete

27: Practice What is Just

28: Be Kind to Friends

29: Watch Out For Your Enemies

30: Exercise Nobility of Character

31: Shun Evil

32: Be Impartial

33: Guard What is Yours

34: Shun What Belongs to Others

35: Listen to Everyone

36: Be (Religiously) Silent

37: Do A Favor for A Friend

38: Nothing to Excess

39: Use Time Sparingly

40: Foresee the Future

41: Despise Insolence

42: Have Respect for Suppliants

43: Be Accommodating in Everything

44: Educate Your Sons

45: Give What You Have

46: Fear Deceit

47: Speak Well of Everyone

48: Be A Seeker of Wisdom

49: Choose What is Divine

50: Act When You Know

51: Shun Murder

52: Pray for Things Possible

53: Consult the Wise

54: Test the Character

55: Give Back What You Have Received

56: Down Look No One

57: Use Your Skill

58: Do What You Mean To Do

59: Honor A Benefaction

60: Be Jealous of No One

61: Be On Your Guard

62: Praise Hope

63: Despise A Slanderer

64: Gain Possessions Justly

65: Honor Good Men

66: Know the Judge

67: Master Wedding Feasts

68: Recognize Fortune

69: Flee A Pledge

70: Speak Plainly

71: Associate with Your Peers

72: Govern Your Expenses

73: Be Happy With What You Have

74: Rever A Sense of Shame

75: Fulfill A Favor

76: Pray for Happiness

77: Be Fond of Fortune

78: Observe What You Have Heard

79: Work For What You Can Own

80: Despise Strife

81: Detest Disgrace

82: Restrain the Tongue

83: Keep Yourself from Insolence

84: Make Just Judgements

85: Use What You Have

86: Judge Incorruptibly

87: Accuse One Who is Present

88: Tell When You Know

89: Do Not Depend on Strength

90: Live Without Sorrow

91: Live Together Meekly

92: Finish the Race Without Shrinking Back

93: Deal Kindly with Everyone

94: Do Not Curse Your Sons

95: Rule Your Wife

96: Benefit Yourself

97: Be Courteous

98: Give A Timely Response

99: Struggle with Glory

100: Act Without Repenting

101: Regret Falling Short of the Mark

102: Control the Eye

103: Give A Timely Counsel

104: Act Quickly

105: Guard Friendship

106: Be Grateful

107: Pursue Harmony

108: Keep Deeply the Top Secret

109: Fear Ruling

110: Pursue What is Profitable

111: Accept Due Measure

112: Do Away with Enmities

113: Accept Old Age

114: Do Not Boast in Might

115: Exercise (Religious) Silence

116: Flee Emnity

117: Acquire Wealth Justly

118: Do Not Abandon Honor

119: Despise Evil

120: Venture Into Danger Prudently

121: Do Not Tire of Learning

122: Do Not Stop to Be Thrifty

123: Admire Oracles

124: Love Whom You Rear

125: Do Not Oppose Someone Absent

126: Respect the Elder

127: Teach A Youngster

128: Do Not Trust Wealth

129: Respect Yourself

130: Do Not Begin to Be Insolent

131: Crown Your Ancestors

132: Die for Your Country

133: Do Not Be Discontented by Life

134: Do Not Make Fun of the Dead

135: Share the Load of the Unfortunate

136: Gratify Without Harming

137: Greave for No One

138: Beget Rom Noble Routes

139: Make Promises To No One

140: Do Not Wrong the Dead

141: Be Well Off As A Mortal

142: Do Not Trust Fortune

143: As A Child, Be Well-Behaved

144: As A Youth, Be Self-Disciplined

145: As of Middle Age, Be Just

146: As An Old Man, Be Sensible

147: On Reaching the End, Be Without Sorrow

Additional Maxims:

(add) 4: Obey the Virtuous

(add) 11: Live Without Sorrow

(add) 13: Avoid the Unjust

(add) 14: Testify What is Right

(add) 15: Control Pleasure

(add) 22: Praise Virtue

(add) 27: Train Your Relatives

(add) 55: Believe in Time

(add) 56: Receive for the Pleasure

(add) 57: Prostrate Before the Divine

(add) 60: Do Not Boast in Might

(add) 62: Use the One Who Has the Same Interests As You

(add) 64: Be Embarrassed to Lie

(add) 66: If You Believe in Something, Do Not Be Scared to Act for It

(add) 68: Be Firm on What Has Been Agreed

Reflection by D