Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

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...

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

No lie ever reaches old age.

No lie ever reaches old age.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

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...

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.