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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable.
The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear.
Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.
A cunning fellow is man, inventive beyond all expectation, he reaches sometimes evil and sometimes good
It is best not to have been born at all: but, if born, as quickly as possible to return whence one came.
To many men much-wandering hope comes as a boon, but to many others it is the deception of vain desires.
The man from whom the joys of life have departed is living no more, but should be counted with the dead.
Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.
One must obey the man whom the city sets up in power in small things and in justice and in its opposite.
Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
No yield to the dead! Never stab the fighter when he's down. Where's the glory, killing the dead twice over?
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
What is to be taught I learn; what is to be discovered I seek; what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king.
For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.
If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
What men have seen they know; But what shall come hereafter No man before the event can see, Nor what end waits for him.
Many are the things that man seeing must understand. Not seeing, how shall he know what lies in the hand of time to come?
Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.