"The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength."
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"The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength."
"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."
"Our lives ... are but a little while, so let them run as sweetly as you can, and give no thought to grief from day to day. For time is not concerned to keep our hopes, but hurries on its business, and is gone."
"The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely."
"Nothing has more strength than dire necessity."
"Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good."
"Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife."
"Much effort, much prosperity."
"Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future."
"Ares (The God of War) hates those who hesitate."
"In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best."
"Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect."
"Noble fathers have noble children."
"Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid."
"Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent."
"Sufficiency's enough for men of sense."
"Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday."
"Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world."
"The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate."
"This is slavery, not to speak one's thought."