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Youth is a blossom whose fruit is love; happy is he who plucks it after watching it slowly ripen.

We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more.

Men are the dreams of a shadow.

The present will not long endure.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

A thing said walks in immortality if it has been said well.

A good deed hidden in silence dies.

Even success softens not the heart of the envious.

Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth.

One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath.

Envy, the attendant of the empty mind.

Humble in a humble state and great in greatness, I will work out the divinity that is busy within my mind.

Forge thy tongue on an anvil of truth and what flies up, though it be but a spark, will have light.

War is sweet to them that know it not.

My God grant me love for that which has splendor, but in this time of my life let me strive for attainable things.

Water is the best of all things.

Finding that the middle condition of life is by far the happiest, I look with little favor upon that of princes.

Of the good things given between man and man, I say that a neighbor, true and loving in heart, to neighbor is a joy beyond all things else.

For lawless joys a bitter ending waits.

I will be small in small things, great among great.

Success abides longer among men when it is planted by the hand of God.

Convention is the ruler of all.

But in one short span of time winds quickly shift direction, veering back and forth.

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.

Man's pleasure is a short time growing And it falls to the ground As quickly.

Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.

Sweet is war to those who know it not.

Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving.

In all things rest is sweet; there is sur feit even in honey, even in Aphrodite s lovely flowers.

My soul, do not seek eternal life, but exhaust the realm of the possible.

To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve.

O my soul, do not aspire to immortal life,
but exhaust the limits of the possible.

War is sweet to those who never tried it.

Become what you are.

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

The best of healers is good cheer.

The forehead of every work must shine from afar.

Creatures of a day. What is someone? What is no one? Man is the dream of a shadow.

Mankind is a dream of a shadow.

Various are the uses of friends, beyond all else in difficulty, but joy also looks for trust that is clear in the eyes.

To each thing belongs it's measure. Occasion is best to know.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Time is the best preserver of righteous men.

To bear lightly the neck's yoke brings strength; but kicking against the goads is the way of failure.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

The test of any man lies in action.

When men succeed, even their neighbors think them wise.

Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death.

Custom is the lord of everything,
of mortals and immortals king.
High violence it justifies,
with hand uplifted plundering.

If any man thinks to swindle God, he is wrong.

Even now I am full of hope, but the end lies in God.

A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality.

Skills vary with the man. We must tread a straight path and strive by that which is born in us.

Unsung, the noblest deed will die.

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration.

Learn what you are and be such.

War is sweet for those who haven't experienced it.

Many a time the thing left silent makes for happiness.

Steer your boat with justice: forge
A tongue on truth's anvil.

The noblest of the elements is water

Law , the king of all mortals and immortals.

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth.

Even genius is tied to profit.

There are many roads to happiness, if the gods assent.

To be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied.

With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us.

I will not steep my speech in lies; the test of any person lies in action.

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

Natural ability is by far the best, but many men have succeeded in winning high renown by skill that is the fruit of teaching.

Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength.