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For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

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 man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

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.

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

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

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

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...

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

Not even old age knows how to love death.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.