If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.

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Who seeks shall find.

Who seeks shall find.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

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...

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

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 wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

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 wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.