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It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead , in the other case while alive .

Wealth and poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls.

The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.

The advantages of philosophy? That I am able to hold converse with myself.

Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.

Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive.

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead - these the living.

The most necessary learning is that which unlearns evil.

As rust corrupts iron, so envy corrupts man.

It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.

The most valuable skill we can learn in our lives is to unlearn what is untrue.

I am sadly afraid that I must have done some wicked thing.

Virtue . . . is the same for men and for women.

I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.

The investigation of the meaning of words is the beginning of education.

How to get rid of having anything to unlearn.

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad.

We weed out the darnel from the corn and the unfit in war, but do not excuse evil men from the service of the state.

Royalty does good and is badly spoken of.

When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.