In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him.
Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.
Bonds and the pangs of hunger are excellent prophet doctors for the wits.
Truth is always the first casualty of war.
The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
Truly even he errs that is wiser than the wise.
Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.
Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
The people's awe and innate fear will hold injustice back by day, by night, so long as the people leave the laws intact, just as they are: muddy the cleanest spring, and all you'll have to drink is muddy water.
This is the law: blood spilt upon the ground cries out for more.
For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.
We shall perish by guile just as we slew.
Art is far feebler than necessity.
A great ox stands on my tongue.
High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.
For Hades is mighty in calling men to account below the earth, and with a mind that records in tablets he surveys all things.
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.
There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.
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