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• The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels…
• In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
• It will not always be summer: build barns.
• Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
• It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
• The fool knows after he has suffered.
• He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.
• Never make a companion equal to a brother.
• The half is greater than the whole.
• I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly…
• Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
• Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first;…

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