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

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When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

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...

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells...

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells...

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...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

It is best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

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...