Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.
A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.
War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.
I will be small in small things, great among great.
Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
Envy bestrides praise.
Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.
Even success softens not the heart of the envious.
Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity
With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.
Water is the best of all things.
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
May God grant me love for that which has splendor; but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.
If one but tell a thing well, it moves on with undying voice, and over the fruitful earth and across the sea goes the bright gleam of noble deeds ever unquenchable.
Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.
Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.
To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.
Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.
Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen
Though God alone never tastes woe, Yet that man is happy, and poets sing of him, Who conquers with hand or swift foot And wins the greatest of prizes By steadfastness and strength.
Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.
To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.
I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any man lies in action.
The forehead of every work must shine from afar.
Wrapt up in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure; Know we what fortune yet remains behind? Know we how long the present shall endure?
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