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As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom. (Pythagoras)
In war, truth is the first casualty. View quote
Aeschylus
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. View quote
Publilius Syrus
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. View quote
Publilius Syrus
If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. View quote
Laozi
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you. View quote
Laozi
Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat. View quote
Sun Tzu
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. View quote
Peter Drucker
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. View quote
Aristotle
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it. View quote
Sophocles
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. (Sophocles)
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired. View quote
Plautus
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. View quote
Sallust
Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. View quote
Oscar Wilde
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. View quote
Aesop
The basis of a democratic state is liberty. View quote
Aristotle
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. View quote
Laozi
Wit is educated insolence. View quote
Aristotle
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. View quote
Robert G. Ingersoll
Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. (Socrates)
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. View quote
Euripides
The cause is hidden; the effect is visible to all. View quote
Ovid
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. View quote
Euripides
Authority is never without hate. View quote
Euripides