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To die is a debt we must all of us discharge.

To friends, or lead a sick man back to health

To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
[Courage]

Try first thyself, and after call in God, For to the worker God himself lends aid.
[Action]

Unblessed is the son who does not honor his parents; but if reverent and obedient to them, he will receive the same from his own children.
[Parents]

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

We know the good, we apprehend it clearly. But we can't bring it to achievement.

Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.

What we look for does not come to pass. God finds a way for what none foresaw.
[The Future]

When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.

When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.

When roused to rage the maddening populace storms, their fury-like a rolling flame, bursts forth unquenchable; but give its violence ways, it spends itself, and as its force abates, learns to obey and yields it to your will.

Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.

With hunger, rich and poor are all as one.

You were a stranger to sorrow: therefore Fate has cursed you.

Your very silence shows you agree.

Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.
[Age]


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