For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night. Votes: 12
Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is. Votes: 8
There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. Votes: 6
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven. Votes: 6
No lie ever reaches old age. Votes: 3
No one who errs unwillingly is evil. Votes: 0
No enemy is worse than bad advice. Votes: 0
Success is dependent on effort. Votes: 0
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things. Votes: 0
The only crime is pride. Votes: 0
Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver. Votes: 0
Despair often breeds disease. Votes: 0
God's dice always have a lucky roll. Votes: 0
Kindness begets kindness evermore. Votes: 0
Evil gains work their punishment. Votes: 0
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud. Votes: 0
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? Votes: 0
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse. Votes: 0
Trust dies but mistrust blossoms. Votes: 0
Silence is an ornament for women. Votes: 0
It is not in words that I should wish my life to be distinguished, but rather in things done. Votes: 0
Who seeks shall find. Votes: 0
Without labor nothing prospers. Votes: 0
Be a thrifty steward of thy goods. Votes: 0
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly. Votes: 0
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.' Votes: 0
Even a poor man can receive honors. Votes: 0
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession. Votes: 0
A lie never lives to be old. Votes: 0
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly. Votes: 0
Everything is ideal to its parent. Votes: 0
Evil counsel travels fast. Votes: 0
For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly. Votes: 0
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price. Votes: 0
Gentle time will heal our sorrows. Votes: 0
Give me a life wherever there is an opportunity to live, and better life than was my father's. Votes: 0
Great Time makes all things dim. Votes: 0
I write a woman's oaths in water. Votes: 0
Ill-gotten gains work evil. Votes: 0
In season, all is good. Votes: 0
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love. Votes: 0
It is not righteousness to outrage Votes: 0
Kids are anchors of mothers' life Votes: 0
Kindness gives birth to kindness. Votes: 0
Knowledge must come through action. Votes: 0
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. Votes: 0
Laziness is the mother of all evils. Votes: 0
Let a man nobly live or nobly die. Votes: 0
Love, you mock us for your sport. Votes: 0
Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things. Votes: 0
Nobody loves life like an old man. Votes: 0
One thinking it is right to speak all things, whether the word is fit for speech or unutterable. Votes: 0
One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief. Votes: 0
Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend. Votes: 0
Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker. Votes: 0
Success is dependant on effort. Votes: 0
Success is the reward for toil. Votes: 0
The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself Votes: 0
The end excuses any evil. Votes: 0
The gods love those of ordered soul. Votes: 0
The good befriend themselves. Votes: 0
The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear. Votes: 0
The truth is ever best. Votes: 0
The tyrant is a child of pride. Votes: 0
There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. Votes: 0
Thou shalt not ration justice. Votes: 0
Time is a kindly God. Votes: 0
To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound. Votes: 0
To revive sorrow is cruel. Votes: 0
Trouble brings trouble upon trouble. Votes: 0
Truth is always straightforward. Votes: 0
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds. Votes: 0
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude. Votes: 0
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes! Votes: 0
What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct? Votes: 0
What men have seen they know. . . . Votes: 0
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere. Votes: 0