To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.

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For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

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

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

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

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.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

No honest man will argue on every side

No honest man will argue on every side

Who seeks shall find.

Who seeks shall find.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

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

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

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...