If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

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...

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...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

It's impossible to speak what it is not noble to do.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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

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

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

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...

When trouble ends even troubles please.

When trouble ends even troubles please.