Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

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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...

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

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...

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has...

To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has...

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

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

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

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

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

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

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

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

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

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

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...