The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

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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...

Evil counsel travels fast.

Evil counsel travels fast.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

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

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

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

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.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

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.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

No lie ever reaches old age.

No lie ever reaches old age.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.