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To generous souls every task is noble.
Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
A woman should always stand by a woman.
Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
An ally need not own the land he helps.
The gift of a bad man can bring no good.
There is no evil as terrible as a woman.
The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.
How dark are all the ways of god to man!
Where there is no wine there is no love.
Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror.
Necessity is harsh. Fate has no reprieve.
Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!
Time will unveil all things to posterity.
Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
The best of seers is he who guesses well.
The bold are helpless without cleverness.
Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.
Slow but sure moves the might of the gods.
The wisest men follow their own direction.
Mankind led on by gods err all too easily.
Nothing's as good as holding on to safety.
In goodness there are all kinds of wisdom.
And wealth abides not, it is but for a day.
Delusive hope still points to distant good.
Whom the gods destroy, they first make mad.
The unrighteous are never really fortunate.
The wavering mind is but a base possession.
If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
Wrath brings mortal men their gravest hurt.
Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.
Again, a smooth answer, signifying nothing.
The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
God gives each his due at the time allotted.
A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday.
Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife.
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
Gods should not resemble men in their anger!
Ten thousand men possess ten thousand hopes.
He is not a lover who does not love forever.
I have found nothing stronger than Necessity.
When cheated, wife or husband feels the same.
The gifts of bad men bring no good with them.
Do not consider painful what is good for you.
Dishonor will not trouble me, once I am dead.
All is change; all yields its place and goes.
It is said that gifts persuade even the gods.