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

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A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

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

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Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

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

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

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

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

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When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

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