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" Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it. "

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" But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper. "

" Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. "

" It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus. "

" Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. "

" For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. "

" The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. "

" Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. "

" Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin. "

" Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune. "

" How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. "

" He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. "

" Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. "

" We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. "

" Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. "

" Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death. "

" Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. "

" Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. "

" 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. "

" The fool knows after he's suffered. "

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" Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. "

" A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. "

" The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest. "

" If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. "

" 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. "

" Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things. "

" It will not always be summer; build barns. "

" So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. "

" It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. "

" For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike. "