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

Quote by Sophocles

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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?

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

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.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

It is best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

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.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

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.

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...