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In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
The stillest tongue can be the truest friend.
Wine is a terrible foe, hard to wrestle with.
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases.
None can hold fortune still and make it last.
The man whom heaven helps has friends enough.
The wise with hope support the pains of life.
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
Too much zeal offends where indirection works.
There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
Every man is like the company he wont to keep.
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise
Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour
Fate finds for every man; his share of misery.
There is just one life for each of us: our own.
How sweet to remember the trouble that is past.
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass.
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.
The wife should yield in all things to her lord
In life, the worst disasters come from passion.
Ares (The God of War) hates those who hesitate.
Sanity brings pain but madness is a vile thing.
Some wisdom you must learn from one who's wise.
Old age is not a total misery. Experience helps.
Mighty is geometry; joined with art, resistless.
But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
All men know their children mean more than life.
Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave.
Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.
They who are sad find somehow sweetness in tears.
My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
When good men die their goodness does not perish.
It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
It was my tongue that swore; my heart is unsworn.
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Evil men by their own nature cannot ever prosper.