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Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. Epicurus
Friendship Wisdom Happy Possession Entirely Make Greatest Provides Which Us Much Things
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm. Euripides
Wind Somewhere Must Misery Always Blows Human Stop Storm
Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor. Euripides
Time Best Age Youth Rich Best Time Poor
If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail. Heraclitus
You Will Find Reached Trail Expect Expect The Unexpected Unexpected Search
To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do. Heraclitus
You Control Same Thing Boredom Rather Only Over Than Same Controlled Again Thing
There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob. Herodotus
Nothing Given More Outrage Foolish Mob Than Useless
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. Plato
Wisdom Knowledge Justice Ought Rather Without Cunning Than
There is no harm in repeating a good thing. Plato
Good Good Thing Repeating Thing Harm
When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. Plato
War People Fear Enemies Leader Nothing Other Tyrant Some More He Always Foreign Stirring Up May Order Them Then Require Conquest Treaty
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery. Plato
Education Training Important Nursery Proper Part Most Important Part The Most Important
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. Pythagoras
Soul Strong Be Strong Rather Than Body Choose
Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life. Pythagoras
Life Journey Aid Other Ought Road Persevere Friends Happier Who Companions Each
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion. Pythagoras
Strength Passion Mind Rests Sobriety Your Reason Keeps
Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. Saint Basil
Man Rain Brainy Drive Hunger Head Abundance Knows His Falls Curses Many Away Brings
The poets are only the interpreters of the gods. Socrates
Only Poets Gods
For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight. Aeschylus
Great Man Justice Wealth Defense Kicked Sight Out Excess Altar His Who
It is always in season for old men to learn. Aeschylus
Old Men Learn Always Old Men Season
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. Aesop
Mind Smaller Conceit Greater
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. Antisthenes
Life Learning Unlearn Most Piece Untrue Useful Uses
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. Aristotle
Genius Madness Never Without
Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle
Change Sweet All Things Things
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. Aristotle
Love Truth Honor First Our Though Both Piety Friends Us Requires
Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds. Democritus
Good Good Deeds Our Easily More Remembered Sins Than Deeds
It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all. Democritus
Greed Talking Listen Want
The mob is the mother of tyrants. Diogenes
Mother Tyrants Mob
It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting. Epictetus
You Strikes He Insulting Insults Opinion Your Who Things
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