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A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

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.

Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.

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.

A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer.

A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it

And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

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.

Bacteria: The only culture some people have.

Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.

Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.

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.

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.

Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster

Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.

Do not seek dishonest gains: dishonest gains are losses.

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

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

Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.

Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.

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.

Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.

Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and she lives near by. But between us and virtue the gods have placed the sweat of our brows; the road to her is long and steep, and it is rough at first; but when a man has reached the top, then she is easy to attain, although before she was hard.

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.

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.

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

For now indeed is the race of iron; and men never cease from labour and sorrow by day and from perishing by night.

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.

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

He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.

He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.

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

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.

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

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.

If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wealth.

In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.

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.

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.