The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

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

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

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has...

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of...

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...