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

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Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

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...

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

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

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

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

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.

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

For money, you would sell your soul.

For money, you would sell your soul.

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...

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

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.