How vain, without the merit, is the name.

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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are...

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are...

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and...

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and...

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

All men have need of the gods.

All men have need of the gods.

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods.

Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to...

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to...

Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he...

Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he...

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his...

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his...

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to...

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to...

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have...

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have...

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and...

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and...

She (Helen) threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away...

She (Helen) threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away...

It is not good to have a rule of many.

It is not good to have a rule of many.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any...

Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any...