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Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

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How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

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No enemy is worse than bad advice.

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Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

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Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

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Without labor nothing prospers.

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Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

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Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.

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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

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But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

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It is best to live however one can be.

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