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

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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells...

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells...

There is no success without hardship.

There is no success without hardship.

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

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.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

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...

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

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

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...

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

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...