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The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.

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Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

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The fool knows after he's suffered.

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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

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Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

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When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.

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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

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At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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