A noble mind can never swim with the stream
Age is inquisitive
Apis the progeny of a virgin cow and a moonbeam
Be not merciful unto him who is a liar or a rebel
Canal to connect the Nile with the Red Sea
I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler
Introduced a regular system of taxation-Darius
Numbers are the only certain things
Resistance always brings out a man’s best powers

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     A kind word hath far more power than an angry one
     A first impression is often a final one
     A noble mind can never swim with the stream
     Abuse not those who have outwitted thee
     Age is inquisitive
     Apis the progeny of a virgin cow and a moonbeam
     Assigned sixty years as the limit of a happy life
     At my age every year must be accepted as an undeserved gift
     Avoid excessive joy as well as complaining grief
     Be not merciful unto him who is a liar or a rebel
     Between two stools a man falls to the ground
     Blessings go as quickly as they come
     Call everything that is beyond your comprehension a miracle
     Cambyses had been spoiled from his earliest infancy
     Canal to connect the Nile with the Red Sea
     Cannot understand how trifles can make me so happy
     Cast off all care; be mindful only of pleasure
     Confess I would rather provoke a lioness than a woman
     Corpse to be torn in pieces by dogs and vultures
     Creed which views life as a short pilgrimage to the grave
     Curiosity is a woman’s vice
     Death is so long and life so short
     Devoid of occupation, envy easily becomes hatred
     Did the ancients know anything of love
     Does happiness consist then in possession
     Easy to understand what we like to hear
     Eros mocks all human efforts to resist or confine him
     Eyes are much more eloquent than all the tongues in the world
     Folly to fret over what cannot be undone
     For the errors of the wise the remedy is reparation, not regret
     Go down into the grave before us (Our children)
     Greeks have not the same reverence for truth
     Happiness has nothing to do with our outward circumstances
     Hast thou a wounded heart? touch it seldom
     He who kills a cat is punished (for murder)
     He is the best host, who allows his guests the most freedom
     He who is to govern well must begin by learning to obey
     Human beings hate the man who shows kindness to their enemies
     I cannot . . .  Say rather:  I will not
     I was not swift to anger, nor a liar, nor a violent ruler
     In war the fathers live to mourn for their slain sons
     In our country it needs more courage to be a coward
     In this immense temple