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Do not gain basely base gain is equal to ruin.
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The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
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Preserve the mean the opportune moment is best in all things.
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Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
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Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you she is after your barn.
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In work there is no shame shame is in the idleness.
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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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This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end.
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Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
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Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.
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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.
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But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.
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You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
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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.
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The Gods rank work above virtues.
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They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.
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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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Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
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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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It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
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