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The little done doth vanish to the mind which forward sees how much remains to do.
There is no bitterness to be compared with that between two people who once loved.
I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.
The man who sticks it out against his fate shows spirit, but the spirit of a fool.
To die with glory, if one has to die at all, is still, I think, pain for the dier.
Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.
The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.
The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
A second wife is hateful to the children of the first; A viper is not more hateful.
Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
Who knoweth if to die be but to live, and that called life by mortals be but death?
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
When someone isn't seen for a long time, Well, folk soon begin to imagine the worst.
Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
If all men saw the fair and wise the same men would not have debaters' double strife.
The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy).
Stronger than lover's love is lover's hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.
This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.
Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.
If one must do a wrong, it's best to do it pursuing power-otherwise, let's have virtue.
Whoever yields properly to Fate, is deemed Wise among men, and knows the laws of heaven.
High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.
Give a wise man an honest brief to plead and his eloquence is no remarkable achievement.
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.
Many a maiden, With white feet glancing light as air, Made happy music through the gloom.
When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.
Oftener than not the old are uncontrollable; Their tempers make them difficult to deal with.
What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?
God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
A rare spoil for a man Is the winning of a good wife; very Plentiful are the worthless women.
Mobs in their emotions are much like children, subject to the same tantrums and fits of fury.
Some men never find prosperity, For all their voyaging, While others find it with no voyaging.
Those who have not, and live in want, are a menace, Ridden with envy and fooled by demagogues.
The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.
When the anger of the gods is incurred, wealth or power only bring more devastating punishment.
The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
You will not achieve happiness if you don't work hard; and it's a shame not to want to work hard.
The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.
It is a strange form of anger, difficult to cure, when two friends turn upon each other in hatred.
What good can come from meeting death with tears? If a man Is sorry for himself, he doubles death.
In adverse hours the friendship of the good shines most; each prosperous day commands its friends.