Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

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...

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

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.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

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...

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.