But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.

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Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the...

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the...

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

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...

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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.

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...

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

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 best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.