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A bad neighbour is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great blessing.
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Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the...
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true...
If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become...
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet...
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
Source: In
'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know...
The person who has the will to undergo all labor may win any goal.
Source: In
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and...
Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.
He that would govern others, first should be
The master of himself.
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To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on...
Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.
Source: In
I am driven
Into a desperate strait and cannot steer
A middle course.
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True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
What is food to one is to another bitter poison.
Source: An early version of the...
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
Source: In
Nothing can be created out of nothing.
Source: On the Nature of the Universe,...
Life is one long struggle in the dark.
Source: 'De rerum natura'
-- Lucretius, (...
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
Source: 'De rerum natura'
-- Lucretius,...