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Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live
with you.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly
old men, not to age itself.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of
our reputation.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
