Chilon of Sparta Quote

Quote from Chilon of Sparta,

"Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain;
for the one is painful but once,
but the other for one's whole life."

By:	Chilon of Sparta (more quotes by Chilon of Sparta or books by/about Chilon of Sparta)
	Chilon of Sparta (Χίλων) was a Lacedaemonian, son of Damagetus and one of the Seven Sages of Greece. He was elected an ephor in Sparta in 556/5 BC
Categories:	Honesty, Integrity, Proverbs, Virtue
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