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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
Evil counsel travels fast.
What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
No lie ever reaches old age.
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.
A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
Even a poor man can receive honors.
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
