But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.

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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close...

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close...

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous...

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous...

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that...

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that...

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes...

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes...

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly...

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly...

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

The fool knows after he's suffered.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel...

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel...

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge...