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

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Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Evil counsel travels fast.

Evil counsel travels fast.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

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...

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...

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

There is no success without hardship.

There is no success without hardship.

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...

Some say it's the sun, some say it's the rain, but I know it's Love...

Some say it's the sun, some say it's the rain, but I know it's Love...

To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to...

To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to...

What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of...

What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of...