If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

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Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

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...

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.

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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

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

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

Time is a kindly God

Time is a kindly God

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?

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...

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.

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood...

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood...

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but...

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but...

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for...

Happy is said to be the family which can eat onions together. They are, for...