If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

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To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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...

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of...

There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of...

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...

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

God's dice always have a lucky roll

God's dice always have a lucky roll

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

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...

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...