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

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

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

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

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

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

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.

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

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

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

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.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

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

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

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.

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

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

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

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.

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