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Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wealth.
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And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.
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Toil is no source of shame idleness is shame.
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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
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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.
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There is also an evil report light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
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Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
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The fool knows after he has suffered.
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For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
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The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.
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Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
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Do not seek evil gains evil gains are the equivalent of disaster
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Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
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Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
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At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
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You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
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It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
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If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
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Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.
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Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus
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