Quote #5

Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.

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  1. Potter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard.
  2. Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
  3. There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, b…
  4. He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
  5. Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of a…
  6. Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sw…
  7. We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
  8. A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

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