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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
Old age hath stronger sense of right than youth.
Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.
When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.
God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
Success! to thee, as to a God, men bend the knee.
Oaths are not the credit of men but men of oaths.
God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
God always strives together with those who strive.
Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind.
Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.
For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
The laws of a state change with the changing times.
Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.
What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
The power that holds the sky's majesty wins our worship.
Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.
I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death
It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.
Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
. . . it is yours women's to be silent and stay within doors.
The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.