The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.
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If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great.
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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
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He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
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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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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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Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
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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.
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So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
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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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