Silence is an ornament for women.

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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

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...

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Better not to exist than live basely.

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

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

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...

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

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

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

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

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...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

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.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

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.