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Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.

Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.

Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler...

Oh, woman, woman! When to ill thy mind is bent, all Hell contains no fouler...

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a...

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a...

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing...

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing...

Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.

Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.

Light is the task where many share the toil.

Light is the task where many share the toil.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt...

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt...

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing...

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing...

It is not good to have a rule of many.

It is not good to have a rule of many.

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have...

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have...

I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the...

I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the...

How vain, without the merit, is the name.

How vain, without the merit, is the name.

Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he...

Even his griefs are a joy, long after, to one that remembers all that he...

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are...

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are...

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and...

Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and...