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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.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

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...

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

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...

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Everyone excels in something in which another fails.

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.

Always move forward, going straight will get you nowhere.