Author of quotes: Abu-al-Faraj Ibn Harun Gregory Bar hebraeus

One physician used to say:
- Moderation - an ally of nature and guardian of health. Therefore, when you drink, when you eat, when moving and even when love - practice moderation.

Someone said:
- Do not rely on quick-tempered friend, even if by nature he is a good man.

One doctor said:
Better from time to time nedoest, than to overeat.

Plato said:
- A very bad man who knows nothing, and not trying to learn something. After all, it merged together the two vices.

- Bad when in life something happens contrary to our wishes, ' said one.
But even worse, when what we long waiting for, is not happening at all, - said the source.

One doctor said
Food that is not digested, eats up the one who ate it. Therefore, eat in moderation, eaten so that you could digest.

Someone said:
- I often regret what I said, but rarely regretted that silence.

Homeland is where you feel free.

The sage said:
The soul, which is wisdom, is dead. But if to enrich her teaching - she comes to life, like an abandoned land, on which was shed the rain.

One scientist said
- In my knowledge there are gaps because I was too shy to ask questions to the people standing below me. So I want my students would not consider it shameful to ask all outstanding questions and to those who stand below them. Then their knowledge will be more complete and perfect.

They say that the ring of Pythagoras was engraved the following motto:
"Short-term failure better short-term luck."

One scientist said:
- I don't know much but what I know, - I know perfectly.

A wise man said:
Vino is reported to anyone who drinks it, the four qualities. First, the person becomes like a peacock - he is puffed up, his movements smooth and stately. He then acquires the character of a monkey and begins to joke and flirt. Sometimes it is likened to a lion and becomes presumptuous, proud, confident in his strength. But finally, he turns into a pig and, like her, lying in the mud.

One philosopher said:
- What you hide from the enemy, don't tell and the other, because there is no guarantee that the friendship will last forever.