No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

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

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

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

A lie never lives to be old.

A lie never lives to be old.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not...

For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not...

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

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 in life. That word is...

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

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.

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

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

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...