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Αν. ὦ γῆς Θήβης ἄστυ πατρῶιον / καὶ θεοὶ προγενεῖς, / ἀγουμαι δὴ ’γὼ κοὐκετι μέλλοω. / λεύσεττε, Θήβης οἱ κοιρανίδαι, / τὴν βασιλειδῶν μούνην λοιπήν, / οἷα πρὸς οἵων ἀνδρῶν πάσχω, / τὴν εὐσεβίαν σεβίσασα.

“ There’s no disgrace, even if one is wise, in learning more, and knowing when to yield. See how the threes that grow beside a torrent preserve their branches, if they bend; the others, those that resist, are torn out, root and branch. “

“ For today, and in all past time, and through all time to come, this is the law: that in Man’s life every success brings with it some disaster. “

“ of all vile things current on earth, none is so vile as money. “

“ Death is indeed the price, but love of gain has often learned a man to his destruction. “
“ there is no art that teaches to know the temper, mind or spirit of any man until he has been proved by government and lawgiving. “