1.
One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
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"A single emotion can dispel all the burdens of existence: that feeling is affection."
2.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Rather perish with dignity than achieve victory through deceit.
3.
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
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4.
Always desire to learn something useful
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5.
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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6.
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
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7.
Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
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8.
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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9.
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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10.
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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11.
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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12.
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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13.
To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.
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14.
Who seeks shall find.
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15.
Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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16.
The truth is always the strongest argument.
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17.
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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18.
Truth is always straightforward.
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19.
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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20.
Without labor nothing prospers.
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21.
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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22.
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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23.
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
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24.
Tomorrow is tomorrow.
Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today.
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25.
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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26.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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27.
There is no success without hardship.
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28.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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29.
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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30.
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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31.
A human being is only breath and shadow.
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32.
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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33.
Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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34.
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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35.
What people believe prevails over the truth.
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36.
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
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37.
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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38.
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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39.
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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40.
I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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41.
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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42.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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43.
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
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44.
Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
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45.
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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46.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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47.
Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.
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48.
Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.
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49.
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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50.
You don't know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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