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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
For the dead there are no more toils.
Better not to exist than live basely.
Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
False words do not bring forth fruit.
There is no success without hardship.
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
It is best to live however one can be.
True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills
Kindness will always attract kindness.
No honest man will argue on every side
Opportunity has power over all things.
To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
It is God's giving if we laugh or weep.
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
When trouble ends even troubles please.
An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift.
Silence gives the proper grace to women
What you can't enforce, do not command.
A fearful man is always hearing things.
No oath can be too binding for a lover.
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
A man is nothing but breath and shadow.
Always desire to learn something useful
Obedience to authority saves many skins
No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
Not even Ares battles against necessity.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Always desire to learn something useful.
It made our hair stand up in panic fear.
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
A human being is only breath and shadow.
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
A man growing old becomes a child again.
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
A friend in word is never friend of mine.
Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
Not even old age knows how to love death.
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
Man's worst ill is stubbornness of heart.