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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."
"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."
"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."
"He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace."
"Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it."
"Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds."
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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."
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