Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.
Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin.
Timeliness is best in all matters.
Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to mortal eyes they go, And mark our actions, good or bad, below: The immortal spies with watchful care preside, And thrice ten thousand round their charges glide: They can reward with glory or with gold, A power they by Divine permission hold.
It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men, conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast.
In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.
A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer.
Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.
Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man
Peace is a nursing mother to the land.
Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable.
Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster
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