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Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!
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.
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.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
Here, or nowhere, is the thing we seek.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
He who preserves a man's life against his will does the same
thing as if he slew him.
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
Who could tell such a story with dry eyes?
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.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.
