Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
From Sophocles
There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.
For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
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