Chilon: Chilon’s Spartan aphorisms inspire poets to value brevity as wisdom: “Know thyself—said the man who stood / in dust, and knew the world was good.”; His maxim becomes poetic refrain: “‘Nothing too much’—he whispered low, / and broke the world’s loud, boastful flow.”; Poets borrow his restraint as aesthetic: “He spoke in one word, sharp and plain— / and left the fool to chase the rain.”; His wisdom teaches poets to resist ornament: “Not every truth needs song or rhyme— / some live in silence, stark, sublime.”; A poet might write, “Chilon said, ‘Hold your tongue,’ and so / the loudest minds were still, and slow.”; His legacy: “He did not carve his name in stone— / yet every word he spoke, was known.”