The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another’s happiness.
Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
Only when a man’s life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
Chorus: Zeus, who guided men to think who laid it down that wisdom comes alone through suffering. Still there drips in sleep against the heart grief of memory; against our pleasure we are temperate.
Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
By Time and Age full many things are taught.
O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse.
Honor modesty more than your life.
Wisdom cometh by suffering.
The force of necessity is irresistible.
Ask the gods nothing excessive.
Do not kick against the pricks.
Obedience, you know, is Good Luck’s mother, wedded to Salvation, they say.