25 quotes
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“Great things are won by great dangers.”
"To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing."
on Wisdom
"Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change."
on Health
"Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing."
"Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances."
on Power
"All men's gains are the fruit of venturing."
on Inspirational
"Of all possessions a friend is the most precious."
on Relationships
"But I like not these great success of yours for I know how jealous are the gods."
on Success
"Men trust their ears less than their eyes."
on Truth
"I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it."
"The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance."
on Knowledge
"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh."
"Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back."
on Faith
"Death is a delightful hiding-place for weary men."
on Death
"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
"Force has no place where there is need of skill."
"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons."
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stay these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."
on Perseverance
"In peace sons bury their fathers in war fathers bury their sons."
on War
"The destiny of man is in his own soul."
on Philosophy
"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."
